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The effects of the cementite phase of iron-carbon alloys on their electrochemical behavior in an oxalic acid medium

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Anodic dissolution and passivation of iron-carbon alloys containing a pearlitic constituent are investigated. The role of the cementite phase in the passivation, as well as the possibility of the passive layer breakdown at the boundary between the ferritic and cementite phases, is shown.

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Original Russian Text © S.N. Saltykov, M.S. Putilina, 2006, published in Zashchita Metallov, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 406–411.

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Saltykov, S.N., Putilina, M.S. The effects of the cementite phase of iron-carbon alloys on their electrochemical behavior in an oxalic acid medium. Prot Met 42, 372–377 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0033173206040114

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