Comments on the paper “On the nature of inhibition performance of imidazole on iron surface” by J.O. Mendes,E.C. da Silva,A.B. Rocha

In the above paper [J.O. Mendes, E.C. da Silva, A.B. Rocha, Corros. Sci. 57 (2012) 254–259] Mendes et al. presented results of explicit DFT calculations about adsorption of imidazole and subsequent protective film formation on Fe(100) that is proposed to emerge due to intermolecular C–C bond formation between intact molecules at high coverage. A bold evidence is provided in these Comments that questions the validity of their results. In particular, it is claimed that their adsorption energy magnitudes are way too large by almost an order of magnitude and that the formation of protective film according to their proposed mechanism is unlikely.     

Comments on the article ‘Comparison of calculations for interplanar distances in a crystal lattice’, by Ying Liu,Yue Liu & Michael G. B. Drew

Some statements in the review by Liu et al. [Liu Y, Liu Y, Drew GB. Comparison of calculations for interplanar distances in a crystal lattice. Cryst Rev. 2017] are corrected. The role of metric tensor to simplify calculations of interplanar spacings in crystal lattices is emphasized.     

Answers to the Criticism Contained in the Paper of V. B. Nosov,V. I. Pustovalov,and S. A. Yurasov “On the Problem of the Expediency of a Section on Surface Engineering”

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Reply to Comments on Structural,Optical,and Electrical Properties of Zn-Doped CdO Thin Films Fabricated by a Simplified Spray Pyrolysis Technique' by K.Usharani and A.R.Balu published in Acta Metall.Sin.(Engl.Lett.) 28(1),64–71(2015)

正Following are the comments for the queries raised by Prof.Pawel E.Tomaszewski on our published paper entitled‘‘Structural,Optical,and Electrical Properties of Zn-Doped Cd O Thin Films Fabricated by a Simplified Spray Pyrolysis Technique’’by K.Usharani and A.R.Balu published in Acta Metall.Sin.(Engl.Lett.) 28(1),64–71 (2015):     

Some scientific considerations on the article: ‘Scientific basis for corrosion of copper in water and implications for canister lifetimes’ published by F. King and C. Lilja

Abstract

There has for the past 30 years been a debate regarding whether corrosion of copper can occur in anoxic water. In short the debate has been between experiments showing that corrosion of copper can occur and theory that predicts that it will not occur. The thermodynamics of copper corrosion, particularly, that copper cannot corrode in anoxic water, is a fundamental prerequisite for the Swedish repository concept for spent nuclear fuel developed by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB). Thus, in 1986 and subsequently Hultquist and co-workers experimentally confirmed that corrosion of copper can occur in some conditions. However, this research is generally assumed to be incorrect, most recently by a paper by King and Lilja in this journal. In this article I will develop the argument that Hultquist’s work should not be so disregarded.