ABSTRACT The electrochemical behaviour of titanium dissolution and passivation in HCl was examined with and without the SCN− anions using potentiodynamic polarisation, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and current transients techniques. The nature of the Ti oxide film was characterised by utilising XPS and SEM tools. The corrosion current i corr, the critical passivation current i cc, and the passive current i pass values increased significantly when the HCl concentration, scan rate, and temperature were raised. On the contrary, the addition of SCN− anions decreases the i corr value, indicating that the Ti dissolution was inhibited as a result of SCN− adsorption on the Ti surface. The inhibition efficiency increased with increasing the concentration of SCN−. However, SCN− anions lead to destabilised passivity in the passive zone. The formation of the Ti oxide film is a diffusion-controlled operation, as shown by the i–t curves. According to the XPS measurements, the passive oxide coating consists mainly of TiO2 and less of Ti2O3.