Table 1 Homogeneous reactions and the corresponding kinetic parameters (298 K).

From: Numerical simulation of carbon steel atmospheric corrosion under varying electrolyte-film thickness and corrosion product porosity

No.

Homogeneous reactions

kforward

kbackward

equilibrium constants

Ref.

1

\(Fe^{2 + } + H_2O \leftrightarrow Fe(OH)^ + + H^ +\)

103 s−1

2.0 × 1011 M−1s−1

10−8.3

35

2

\(Fe(OH)^ + + H_2O \leftrightarrow Fe(OH)_2 + H^ +\)

103 s−1

1.26 × 1014 M−1s−1

10−11.1

35

3

\(Fe(OH)_{2,aq} \leftrightarrow Fe(OH)_2 \downarrow\)

2.51 × 106 s−1

1 s−1

106.4

35

4

\(Fe^{2 + } + Cl^ - \leftrightarrow FeCl^ +\)

6.9 M−1 s−1

10 s−1

10−0.16

35

5

\(Fe^{2 + } + 2Cl^ - \leftrightarrow FeCl_2\)

3.55 × 10−2 M−2s−1

10 s−1

10−2.45

35

6

\(Fe^{2 + } + 4Cl^ - \leftrightarrow FeCl_4^{2 - }\)

0.126 M−4s−1

10 s−1

10−1.9

35

7

\(H_2O \leftrightarrow OH^ - + H^ +\)

2.6 × 10−5 s−1

1.3 × 1011 M−1s−1

10−14

34