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Chapter 3<br />

regarding kinetics and mechanism of the electrochemical reaction occurring on the surface of an<br />

electrode in contact with corrosive reagent.<br />

In the present investigations open circuit potential vs. time measurements were carried out<br />

using a standard electrochemical cell as shown in Fig. 2.8 [93] in different concentration of nitric<br />

acid for unimplanted, nitrogen ion implanted, uncoated, titanium (Ti), titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), and<br />

duplex Ti-TiO 2 coated 304L SS.<br />

Fig. 3.8: Schematic of an electrochemical cell for corrosion study [93].<br />

The electrochemical cell comprises of specimen as working electrode, platinised platinum<br />

counter electrode and Ag/AgCl reference electrode. The OCP was measured by potentiometric<br />

circuit with negligible current generation until the potential remained stable over a reasonable time<br />

period. The specimens analyzed are unimplanted, and nitrogen ion implanted 304L SS with

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