I have received a few questions about how to determine corrosion rates from polarization curves, in particular when the anodic curve deviates from a Tafelian behavior. I thought it might be useful to share a series of lectures on corrosion kinetics.

Corrosion kinetics – Part I

1. Faraday’s law of electrolysis,

2. The exchange current density,

3. Activation polarization,

4. Mixed potential theory, and

5. Polarization curves in corrosion engineering.

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