Table 5 Summary of the corrosion resistance of the samples obtained using AEN, PPC and EIS. Notably, Rct measured at 96 h of immersion

From: The influence of texture density and free surface energy on the corrosion resistance of laser-textured 316L stainless steel

Sample

Electrochemical analysis

RAEN (kΩ cm2) (AEN)

Rp (kΩ cm2) (PPC)

Rct (kΩ cm2) (EIS)

Non-textured

62

1253

2563

Dimple pattern at 25% \({\rm{T}}{\rm{D}}\)

355

3648

300

Dimple pattern at 50% \({\rm{T}}{\rm{D}}\)

169

4496

400

Dimple pattern at 75% \({\rm{T}}{\rm{D}}\)

609

7066

1200

Dimple pattern at 91% \({\rm{T}}{\rm{D}}\)

1369

7858

1100

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