Fig. 6: Corrosion systems modelling using equivalent circuits and evaluating the changes in various surface features affecting corrosion behavior.

Equivalent circuits used for fitting the EIS results for samples (a) without corrosion scale and (b) with corrosion scale, and individual components as a function of exposure time to the electrolyte: (c) Rct; (d) Qdl; (e) Rfilm and (f) Qfilm. The Nyquist plot for sample 3Cr did not reveal the presence of a capacitive loop in the LF region and was fitted using equivalent circuit shown in (a). Therefore, film properties (Rfilm and Qfilm) could not be determined for sample 3Cr.