Atmospheric Corrosion of Metal Films

Atmospheric corrosion (AC) of metal surfaces has become a costly issue in many areas, affecting our daily life and also industrial production. AC ubiquitously occurs when a metal surface is exposed to the atmospheric environment which contains different levels of humidity and corrosion-promoting pollutants such as SO and O3. hi order to improve the fundamental understanding of the chemical and physical processes of AC, Forsberg et al. carried out in situ SXAS to study AC of metal films [20], This allows them to perform real-time measurements to monitor the corrosion process at aU stages, particularly the initial corrosion stages that are inaccessible by other means. 

FIGURE 5.7 The schematic drawing of the AC cell with the flow capability designed for in situ SXAS experiments. Reprinted with permission from Ref [20]. American Institute of Physics. 

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