Anodic Polarization of Iron-Chromium-Nickel Alloys

Anodic Polarization of Iron-Chromium-Nickel Alloys 

Nickel (face-centered cubic) is a major addition to iron-chromium alloys and with 8 to 22 wt% Ni forms the basis of the austenitic stainless steels. The major influence of nickel is to permit the formation of face-centered-cubic solid solution alloys, which generally have more favorable metallurgical properties than the body-centered-cubic, 

Polarization curves of Fe-18 wt% Cr alloys showing the shift in the active peak current density by 0-6 wt% Mo. Redrawn from 

26 Effect of chromium concentration on the polarization of chro-° mium modified type 304 austenitic stainless steel. All alloys con- 

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