The use of chromate as a corrosion inhibitor in near neutral aqueous cooling systems has been greatly restricted due to toxicity. This has led to an increased reliance on alternate inhibitor systems. A brief discussion of corrosion and inhibition mechanisms of low carbon steel in neutral, aqueous environments is given. Corrosion inhibitors of practical importance are described, and a review of some of the newer techniques for studying inhibitor mechanisms is presented.

Subject
Water, Corrosion rate, Passive films, Oxide films, Iron, Acidity, Phosphates, Surface analysis, Film formation, Metals, Corrosion inhibitors, Zinc, Electrodes
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1982
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
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