ABSTRACT

For the last twenty years the electrochemical noise technique has been developed as a versatile and powerful tool in corrosion studies. Many corrosion research groups are using it as a standard electrochemical technique in their laboratories. This work reviews recent research and application results obtained utilizing the electrochemical noise technique. These include: basic research to understand corrosion mechanisms, applied laboratory research under controlled conditions related to industrial applications, field research to solve corrosion problems and to assess and validate corrosion control and methods to establish on-line corrosion monitoring. The diversity of corrosion systems in which electrochemical noise measurements have been carried out successfully is also a measure of the maturity level, this technique has attained.