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Corrosion rate of mild steel in tap water during 4300 h was estimated by LPR and weight-loss methods coupled with OCP measurements. The LPR results were found to be overestimated compared to the weight-loss data within initial 2000 h of exposure. The electrochemical activity of the rust separated from the metal surface was studied by cycling voltammetry using a home-built powder graphite electrode. High redox currents corresponding to the initial 2000 h of exposure were detected. Rust composition was characterized with IR and XRD, and the highest amounts of electrochemically active β- and γ-FeOOH were again detected for the initial 2000 h. Current consumption in rust transformation processes during LPR measurement in the galvanostatic mode accounts for overestimation of the corrosion rate. The time dependence of rust electrochemical activity correlates with OCP variation with time. During initial 2000 h, OCP values are shifted by 50 mV to cathodic side. For the period of a higher rust electrochemical activity, the use of a reduced B is suggested to increase accuracy of LPR technique in tap water.
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The author would like to thank Prof. Y. Gerasymenko (National technical university of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”) for helpful discussion.
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Vasyliev, G. Polarization Resistance Measurement in Tap Water: The Influence of Rust Electrochemical Activity. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 26, 3939–3945 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-017-2813-5
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