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The Polarization Resistance Technique for Measuring Corrosion Currents

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In 1938 Wagner and Traud1 published a paper: “Concerning the Evaluation of Corrosion Reactions by Superposition of Electrochemical Partial Reactions and Concerning the Potential Formation on Mixed Electrodes.” This paper is today considered the classical paper on mixed potential theory, which postulates that, even without the assumption of the existence of local anodes and cathodes, one can explain corrosion reactions by assuming that cathodic and anodic partial reactions occur at the phase boundary metal/electrolyte in constant change with statistical distribution of location and time of the individual reaction. Wagner and Traud showed further that under certain conditions (yielding certain forms of the partial potential-current curves) it is possible to calculate the rate of a given reaction using electrochemical measurements. These principles were then applied to the dissolution rate of zinc amalgam in acid solutions. Good agreement was found between corrosion rates calculated from polarization curves using the technique, which today is called “Tafel slope extrapolation” and from the amount of hydrogen evolved. These experimental results were considered proof for the general postulations of the mixed potential theory.

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Mansfeld, F. (1976). The Polarization Resistance Technique for Measuring Corrosion Currents. In: Fontana, M.G., Staehle, R.W. (eds) Advances in Corrosion Science and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8986-6_3

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