Commentary

Abstract

Corrosion research. In most people's minds corrosion is associated with loss in weight from metal. Although this is correct, it is a statement that hides many realities and is responsible for directing many investigators down blind alleys during their research. The theory of corrosion is a study of surfaces, and all corrosion cells and anti‐corrosion techniques are practical examples of skin effects. Any investigator making a precise analytical study of corrosion phenomena must eventually reach the conclusion that all the important work is based on the theories of interface reactions. The corrosion theory of solid/liquid and solid/gas reactions bears this out if it is accepted that diffusion is an extension of interfacial theory. Even the complicated theories behind stress corrosion arise as the result of a study of interface reactions between crystals.

Citation

(1963), "Commentary", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 10 No. 8, pp. 189-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb020093