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You can simulate a simple scenario like NaCl in water at 95C for different alloys such as 304 and 316.
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In OLI Software you can simulate a simple scenario like NaCl in water at 95<sup>o</sup>C for different alloys such as 304 and 316.
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It is important to keep in mind that for simulating pitting corrosion you need to have enough oxidizing species in your simulation to raise the corrosion potential above the repassivation potential. If the corrosion potential is determined just by the reduction of water on a passive surface, then it is usually to low to provide a driving force for localized corrosion. If we include oxygen, then we get localized corrosion depending on the chloride concentration. In the example below, I ran two simulations for alloy 316 as a function of NaCl concentration – one without oxygen and one with an oxygen amount that roughly corresponds to oxygen content in air (0.2 O2 and 0.8 N2):

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Localized Corrosion

OLI Software Corrosion Analyzer can predict the tendency or propensity of an alloy to localized corrosion.

The relationship between the corrosion potential and the repassivation potential indicates the likelihood of localized corrosion to occur.

The corrosion potential (Ecorr) is the potential at which the anodic and cathodic rates are the same under a determined environment; and the repassivation potential (Erp) is the potential below which localized corrosion, such as pitting and crevice corrosion, does not occur.

Whenever Ecorr exceeds Erp, localized corrosion is predicted. Now the larger the difference between these two potentials, the greater the propensity to localized corrosion, as is depicted in the Figure below.

Calculating Pitting Corrosion

Predicting Pitting corrosion

In OLI Software you can simulate a simple scenario like NaCl in water at 95oC for different alloys such as 304 and 316.

It is important to keep in mind that for simulating pitting corrosion you need to have enough oxidizing species in your simulation to raise the corrosion potential above the repassivation potential. If the corrosion potential is determined just by the reduction of water on a passive surface, then it is usually to low to provide a driving force for localized corrosion. If we include oxygen, then we get localized corrosion depending on the chloride concentration. In the example below, I ran two simulations for alloy 316 as a function of NaCl concentration – one without oxygen and one with an oxygen amount that roughly corresponds to oxygen content in air (0.2 O2 and 0.8 N2):