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Chapter 6<br />

vary low capacitance value in both medium of investigation which indicates high insulating<br />

property of the passive film developed on the coated surface. The enhancement in pore resistance,<br />

and coating capacitance properties also has been reflected in the double layer capacitance, and<br />

polarization resistance at the coating-substrate interface. As compared to Ti and TiO 2 coating, the<br />

capacitance was low indicating presence of good protective oxide film at the interface, and the<br />

polarization resistance was also quite high showing large polarization resistance.<br />

6.2.3.4 Potentiodynamic polarization study<br />

The potentiodynamic polarization for the uncoated, and duplex Ti-TiO 2 coated 304L SS<br />

specimens in 1 M and 8 M nitric acid are shown in Fig. 6.16a-b. The polarization curves in both<br />

the medium of investigation showed shifting of corrosion potential in noble direction with very<br />

low passive current density, and considerable improvement in transpassive potential compared to<br />

Ti and TiO 2 single layer coating.<br />

Fig. 6.16a: Polarization study of uncoated and duplex Ti-TiO 2 coated 304L SS in 1 M HNO 3 .

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