Alternative models of passive state of metals: II. Development of K. Vetter’s model

Development or Stagnation of the Theory of Metal Passivity

“…Popov and coworkers [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] concerning the kinetic-electrostatic model proposed in our works with Ya.M. Kolotyrkin [1][2][3][4][5] (which substantially broadens and generalizes the classical concepts developed by Bonhoffer's school [6]) and…”

“…Popov and coworkers [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] concerning the kinetic-electrostatic model proposed in our works with Ya.M. Kolotyrkin [1][2][3][4][5] (which substantially broadens and generalizes the classical concepts developed by Bonhoffer's school [6]) and(ii) the necessity to analyze and compare the adequacy of formalizing the basic physical concepts of Fetter's model [6] and its interpretation and development in [1-5] and [7-18].Having undertaken this investigation, we can state that (i) formalization of the physical concepts was properly carried out in [1][2][3][4][5], while the criticism of [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] is based on erroneous assumptions originated from the inherent defects of works [7-18] and (ii) the attempts made in [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]…”

“…Having undertaken this investigation, we can state that (i) formalization of the physical concepts was properly carried out in [1][2][3][4][5], while the criticism of [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] is based on erroneous assumptions originated from the inherent defects of works [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] and (ii) the attempts made in [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] in creating the "bases of the theory of passivity" were unsuccessful, because in all the model variants proposed in [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]…”

“…The summary of our analysis of the correctness of formalization given in [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] is illustrated by the logical block-scheme in Fig. 5.…”

“…(ii) the necessity to analyze and compare the adequacy of formalizing the basic physical concepts of Fetter's model [6] and its interpretation and development in [1][2][3][4][5] and [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”