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Steel bar corrosion on electrolytes and the influence of cation were investigated. Three electrolytes of Ca(OH)2, NaOH and KOH with pH levels of 12.5, 11.5, 10.5, 9.5, 8.5 were prepared, meanwhile, the methods of free corrosion potential and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) were used to evaluate the influence of cations on the depassivation of the steel bar in electrolytes. The experimental results indicate that the initial corrosion pH value of the steel bar is influenced by the cation in electrolyte and the influence of K+ in electrolyte is the most remarkable, followed by Na+ and Ca2+. The initial corrosion pH values are 10.5 in KOH electrolyte, 9.5 in NaOH electrolyte and lower than 8.5 in Ca(OH)2 electrolyte.
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Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 50978085 and 50808066), the Six Talent Peak Project (Class A) of Jiangsu Province and the Research Funds of Hohai University for the Central Universities(No. 2010B07514)
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Pu, Q., Jiang, L., Chu, H. et al. Electrochemical behavior of steel bar in electrolytes: Influence of pH value and cations. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 26, 1133–1136 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-011-0376-0
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