Pitting on Passive Metals

I. I. Zamaletdinov

Perm State Technical University, Komsomol’skii pr. 29a, Perm, 614600 Russia

Received May 30, 2005

Abstract — Certain experimental results on the composition of passive films that affect the pit formation on metals and alloys are discussed. Information on the appearance of metastable and stable pits and their stability conditions is summarized. Pitting corrosion theories are compared.