Fundamental factors affecting corrosion

There are a number of factors that affect the corrosion of aluminium clad spent nuclear fuels in wet storage. 

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T. Shoji, Factors affecting stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and fundamental mechanistic understanding of stainless steels, in V.S. Raja, T. Shoji (Eds.), Stress Corrosion Cracking Theory and Practice, Woodhead Puhhshing, Cambridge, 2011, pp. 245—272. 

The design of CP systems lies in the domain of experienced speciabsts. Only the basic steps involved in designing a sacrificial anode system are outlined. Prior to any detailed design work a number of fundamental factors such as the protection criteria, the type and integrity of the coating system, the risk of stray current corrosion, and the presence of neighboring structures that could be affected by the CP system have to be defined. 

The potential of the electrified interface of a metal immersed in an aqueous solution is of fundamental importance in studying the mechanism of corrosion reactions and in corrosion testing and monitoring, and it is, therefore, of some importance to consider the factors that determine the potential of a metal in a practical environment. The determination of the potential can be achieved without difficulty, but the significance of the potential is far more complex and some of the factors that affect the potential are as follows ... 

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