“…The study of the passivation of carbon steel by hydrogen peroxide i n oxalate salt solutions at elevated temperature, i n the present ORNL work, may i n art be considered a further development of the work of Marshall, Hickling, and Rostron.%, 26 Their electrode-potential method, slightly modified, was a useful tool i n the evaluation of the peroxide concentration necessary to maintain corrosion passivity with various formulations and temperatures. Although Schumb et a1.18 warn that the inhibitive behavior --of hydrogen peroxide on iron surfaces i s capricious and should not lead t o consideration of its use i n practice, i t now appears that safe use can be made of this property i n oxalate formulations at controlled temperature and pH for decontamination purposes.…”