Microtunnelling during localized attack of passive aluminum: The case of salt films vs oxide films

Reductive Corrosion of ITO in Contact with Al in Alkaline Solutions

“…The. The potential where the dissolution process becomes kinetically measurable is dependent on the actual composition of the solution, especially on the presence of C1-ions (14). However, in contact with A1, ITO corrodes severely at high pH values.…”

Mesoscopic modeling of corrosion processes: pitting morphology evolution

“…This morphology is documented experimentally and established to be connected to the material and the aggressive solution properties. Different authors have reported relations between the pitting corrosion and crystallographic properties of the corroded metal [5][6][7]. This relation was explained mainly by the metal atom coordination.…”

“…This relation was explained mainly by the metal atom coordination. In fact, metal at crystal defects have less bonds than in the rest of material and thus is more reactive [5][6][7]. Some other authors show that for strong salt solutions pits grow hemispherically but change to more saucer-like shape in a later stage which means that the ratio pit depth and pit width is time dependent [8][9][10][11].…”

Metal dissolution and passivation in etch pits and tunnels on aluminum

“…Beck assumes that the active surface area is covered by an adsorbed salt layer [10]. The existence of a thin salt layer present at the active surface has been shown for aluminum [11] and iron [12]. The presence of the adsorbed layer prevents water from coming in contact with the metal surface.…”