Advances in Corrosion Science and Technology

1 Corrosion Creep and Stress Rupture.- Engineering Aspects of Creep and Stress Rupture.- Classification of Corrosion Creep and Stress Rupture.- Critical Review of Behavioral Types.- High-Temperature Corrosion.- Oxidation- and Corrosion-Induced Microstructural and Chemical Effects and Mechanical Behavior.- Discussion.- Concluding Remarks.- References.- 2 The Role of Metallurgical Variables in Hydrogen-Assisted Environmental Fracture.- Ferritic and Martensitic Steels.- Austenitic Stainless Steels.- Other Iron-Base Austenites.- Aluminum Alloys.- Titanium Alloys.- Nickel Alloys.- Parallel Behavior in Different Alloy Systems.- Discussion.- Concluding Remarks.- Epilogue.- References.- 3 EMF Measurements at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures.- Recent Applications of EMF Measurements.- Historical Background.- Comments on Cell EMF, Thermodynamic Relationships, Cell Design, Materials, and Sources of Error.- Cell EMF's, Dependence on Time, Temperature, Electrolyte Concentration, and Derivation of Standard Electrode Potentials.- Determinations of Standard Electrode Potential from EMF Measurements as a Function of Temperature.- References.- 4 Nucleation Mechanism in Oxide Formation during Anodic Oxidation of Aluminum.- Theories Explaining the Processes of Anodic Oxide Formation.- The Study of the Anodic Oxidation of Aluminum with the Special Methods of Reaction Kinetics-Experimental Procedure.- Characteristics of the Mechanism of Anodic Oxide Formation- Nucleation Model.- The Relationships between the Structure and the Physical, Mechanical, and Chemical Properties of the Oxide Layer.- Summary.- References.