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Corrosion is the unwanted reaction or destruction of a metal component by the environment. The annual cost of corrosion to the US economy has been estimated to be over $70 billion. Similar costs are associated with other industrialized countries. Many of the problems can be avoided if basic precautions and design processes are followed.
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The saturated calomel electrode is a convenient reference electrode often used instead of the standard hydrogen electrode: \( \frac{{1}}{{2}}{\text{H}}{{\text{g}}_{{2}}}{\text{C}}{{\text{l}}_{{2}}} + { }{{\text{e}}^{ - }} \to {\text{ Hg }} + {\text{ C}}{{\text{l}}^{ - }} \), ℰ°= 0.2224 (25°C).
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Metallic glasses are amorphous noncrystalline solids which are usually prepared by rapidly cooling the molten metal. Such metals are devoid of grain boundaries.
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Roussak, O.V., Gesser, H.D. (2012). Corrosion. In: Applied Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4262-2_10
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