Abstract
AbstractThe effect of chloride, nitrite, and nitrate ions and their binary mixtures on the anodic behaviour of pure aluminium and alloys of composition Al-0·07 Fe-0·04Si and Al-0·32Fe-0·17Si in deaerated 0·05M oxalic, tartaric, citric, and malic acid solutions at pH 4·5 has been studied by the potentiostatic technique. In oxalic acid solution, the alloys exhibited a more stable passive state than pure aluminium. The presence of 10-4 -10-2M Cl- ions caused passivity breakdown for the pure metal and the alloys. Nitrite ions appreciably affected the passive state only for pure aluminium. The presence of 10-3 M NO3- enhanced passivity breakdown of both pure aluminium and the alloys in oxalic acid solution and the alloys were found to be more susceptible to pitting attack in solutions containing chloride ions. In tartaric, malic, and citric acids, the presence of > 10-4 M Cl- caused passivity breakdown for pure aluminium and the alloys; the value of the pitting potential was found to depend on chloride ion con...
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