Table 6 Optimal coefficients (A0), Vogel temperature (T0),the logarithm of pre-exponential factor (lnA0), VTF activation energy (E0), R-square (R2) and standard deviation (σ) for the logarithm of charge transfer resistance (lnRct) versus absolute temperature in VTF model (Eqs. 26 and 27) for different acids.

From: Effect of acid proticity on the thermodynamic parameters of charge transfer resistance in corrosion and passivation of nickel based glass alloy

Acid

Values of parameters

 

R-square

SD

lnA0

B0

T0

T0

E0

A0

R2

σ

 

K

K

°C

kJ  mol−1

Ω cm2

 

HCl

1.294262

492.059

229.45

− 43.70

4.0912

3.6483

0.999906

0.00034

H2SO4

− 6.26592

1695.4

187.80

− 85.35

14.096

0.00190

0.999978

0.00065

H3PO4

− 15.9299

4221.1

132.50

− 140.65

35.096

1.2071 × 10–7

0.997386

0.00097