Abstract
The scanning vibrating electrode technique has been used to investigate the mechanism of corrosion occurring at exposed metallic cut edges of galvanised steel materials coated with organic polymeric layers of asymmetrical thickness. In the initial stages of corrosion a differential aeration corrosion mechanism dominates. Anodic activity was focused on the zinc adjacent to the thicker organic coating and cathodic activity on the remainder of the exposed metallic steel and zinc. Conventional corrosion testing methods have been used to highlight the importance of the differential aeration mechanism for the initial stages of corrosion in such asymmetrically coated materials.
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