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8th Spring Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry

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8 th <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Electrochemistry</strong><br />

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The Early History <strong>of</strong> Passivity Research at <strong>the</strong> Fontana<br />

Corrosion Center<br />

Digby D. Macdonald<br />

Center for Electrochemical Science and Technology<br />

Pennsylvania State University<br />

201 Steidle Bldg<br />

University Park, PA 16802<br />

ddm2@psu.edu<br />

Keynote Lectures<br />

The Point Defect Model, which arguably provides <strong>the</strong> best description <strong>of</strong> passivity yet<br />

devised, had its genesis in <strong>the</strong> Fontana Corrosion Center in <strong>the</strong> early 1980s. While <strong>the</strong><br />

original model had to be modified to recognize dissolution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> defective barrier layer<br />

and to recognize <strong>the</strong> formation <strong>of</strong> a precipitated outer layer, in order to avoid <strong>the</strong><br />

objections to <strong>the</strong> High Field Model (HFM, and variants, <strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong>), <strong>the</strong> later versions<br />

have been remarkably successful in describing <strong>the</strong> growth and breakdown <strong>of</strong> passive<br />

films under a wide range <strong>of</strong> environmental conditions. In this presentation, we will<br />

trace <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> PDM from <strong>the</strong> initial inception in <strong>the</strong> FCC in 1979 to its<br />

current form, with particular emphasis on its ability to account for wide-band-width<br />

electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data, <strong>the</strong> steady-state polarization data,<br />

<strong>the</strong> electronic character <strong>of</strong> passive films in terms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dominant defect, and its ability<br />

to account for alloying, photo inhibition, and <strong>the</strong> effects <strong>of</strong> chloride ion activity and pH<br />

on <strong>the</strong> passivity breakdown voltage and induction time. Finally, <strong>the</strong> potential sweeprate<br />

dependence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> critical breakdown voltage provides an unequivocal test <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

PDM, by yielding <strong>the</strong> concentration <strong>of</strong> condensed cation vacancies at <strong>the</strong> metal/barrier<br />

layer interface, which are found to be in good agreement with values calculated from<br />

structural arguments.

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