Fig. 2: Characterization of cross-section of a rectangular I-APT sample corroded in close proximity to SS in 0.6 M NaCl solution for 28 days.

a A SEM image of the entire cross-section. b A SEM image of a selected area right underneath the SS/I-APT crevice mouth area. c EDS elemental maps of the selected area as indicated in the blue box. b, c Share the same scale bar. Each elemental map was stitched by two separate images.