Fig. 40From: The Use of Electrochemical Techniques for the Characterization of the Corrosion Behavior of Sol–Gel-Coated MetalsBode plots of impedance module and phase angle for AA2024 coated with sol–gel ZrO2 thin film after 24 h of immersion in 0.05 M NaCl. The impedance measurement was carried out under current control (Reprinted from Prog Org Coatings, 69, Paussa L, Andreatta F, Aldighieri P, Fedrizzi L, Critical aspects in the electrochemical study of unstable coated metallic substrates, 225–234, Copyright (2010a), with permission from Elsevier)Back to chapter page