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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Immunity, corrosion and passivation domains?

Also known as: immunity domain · corrosion domain · passivation domain

Definition 14.10 University Chemistry — Year 1 · Chapter 14 — E–pH Diagrams

On the diagram of a metal, the domain of the metal itself is its immunity domain (it cannot be oxidised); the domains of its dissolved ions form the corrosion domain; the domains of its solid oxides and hydroxides, which may coat the metal, form the passivation domain. Whether a coat really protects the metal is a kinetic matter, treated in the Year 2 volume.

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