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One area in whi ch co mputers find use is in th e calculation of Corrosion curre nt density and rate calculations. To
calcul ate e lec trochemical parameters such as anodi c and cathodic Tafe l slopes, co rrosio n c urrent density and po lari sati on
resistance, a software has been developed using C++ language. The software wou ld process data obtained either from a
ga lvanostati c ex periment or potentiostatic experiment. The potentials are given in milli vo lts and the current as
microamperes as input. The developed software would find : a) Corrosion current s by anodic and cathodic Tafel line
ex trapo lations, b) corrosion rates expressed as mpy, c) Cathodic and Anodic Tafel Slopes, d) Corrosion currents by Stern -
Geary method, e) Corrosio n currents by Barnatt' s method, f) Corrosion currents by Oldham and Mansfe ld 's method. Details
of the Corrocal and its applications to various systems are presented.
partial currents h, and 11c relate to the forward and The maximum error in potential was described as
backward reaction rates while / 2, and 12c relate to
Eq. (2) . e =bl(2.303* 0.48) [ fslleorr] ... (14)
~ -634
I Input E,l
I -670
~ 5·35 6.36
Log I
1·37 8·38 9·39
~
-110
Log I
11.5
210
108
..
. 135 70
33
E 60
1) -4 J .6J 4 · ~5 5·48 6-41 7·34 7· 80
-41
-13
-78
- 51
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210 1-
Table !-Comparison of the values obtained by the Tafel
extrapolation obtained- Corrocal and the earlier reported values
Parameter Corrocal Reported value/
135 1-
calculated value
Table 2-Compari son of the values obtained by the linear point technique are generally somewhat larger than
po lari sation obtained- Corroca/ and th e earli er repo rted values those of the polarization technique. The errors in
Method Corrocal Reported va lue/ curve fitting technique have been reported to be
calculated value approximately the same as those of the three-point
Stern- Gea ry 2. 34 3 technique. In contrast to the polarisation resistance
Barnan 's method 3014 technique numerical values for the appropriate
Oldham & Mansfe ld 2.9 correction terms are not needed, since they can be
treated as unknowns in the curve fitting .
Table 3-Compari so n of the va lues obtained by the Tafel
extrapolation obtained - Corroca/ and the earlier reported values References
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(cathodi c)
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Table 4-Compari son of the values obtained by the linear
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polarisation obtained Corrocal and the earlier reported values
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