Table 1 The symbols in this paper and their meanings.

From: New diffusive interface model for pitting corrosion

Nomenclature

\({i}_{0}\)

exchange current density

\({i}_{\text{a}}\)

corrosion current density

\(\eta\)

overpotential

\({b}_{\text{a}}\)

Tafel slope

\({v}_{\text{n}}\)

normal velocity of the moving pitting boundary

\(F\)

Faraday constant

\(n\)

mean charge number

\({c}_{\text{s}}\)

metal atom concentration in solid

\({\rho }_{\text{i}}\)

apparent mass density of species i

\({M}_{\text{i}}\)

molar mass of species i

\({c}_{\text{i}}\)

concentration of species i

\(\bar{M}\)

average molar mass

\({f}_{\text{i}}\)

molar fraction

\({c}_{\text{l}}\)

metal ion concentration

\({c}_{\text{l}}^{\text{sat}}\)

saturation concentration of dissolved metal ions

\({\,c}_{\text{l}}^{\text{solid}}\)

pseudo liquid concentration

\({D}_{\text{l}}\)

ion diffusion coefficient

\(R(t)\)

interface position

\(\varphi\)

non-conserved order parameter

\(\text{u}\)

velocity of the interface motion

\({u}_{\text{n}}\)

normal interface velocity

\({\text{u}}_{\text{e}}\)

external moving velocity

\(\text{n}\)

unit vector normal to the interface

κ

local curvature of the interface

\(a\)

coefficients related to velocity

\(b\)

coefficients related to diffusion coefficient

\(W\)

measure of the width of the diffusive interface

\(L\)

interface kinetics parameter

\(A\)

constant of proportionality

\(t\)

time