Morphological studies of some high nickel alloys in the region of the breakdown of passivity

The corrosion morphologies of four important high nickel alloys, Hastelloy B, Monel 400, Hastelloy C and Inconel 611 in a neutral (pH = 8.3) chloride/bicarbonate medium polarized potentiostatically until an anodic current density of 0.30 mA cm^?2 was reached have been studied.It has been shown that Hastelloy B undergoes shallow pitting; Monel 400 produces a porous film with dissolution sites followed by pits covered with corrosion products; Hastelloy C undergoes intergranular corrosion and Inconel 611 undergoes catastrophic pitting. The most superior alloy of these is Hastelloy C.