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Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection  2015, Vol. 35 Issue (4): 287-296    DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2014.158
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Application of Local Electrochemical Impedance Technique in Corrosion Research
Ran XU,Jia WANG()
Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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Abstract  

Local electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (LEIS) technique is a novel method for the study of local corrosion, which is based on the assumption that the local impedance can be generated by measuring the AC-local-current density in the vicinity of the working electrode in a usual three-electrode cell configuration. From a practical point of view, this was achieved with the use of a dual microelectrode for sensing the local AC-potential gradient, the local current being obtained from the direct application of the Ohm's law. In this paper, the history and principles of this technique were reviewed, while the applications in the field of corrosion research and the characteristics of this method were also discussed.
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Ran XU,Jia WANG. Application of Local Electrochemical Impedance Technique in Corrosion Research. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2015, 35(4): 287-296.

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Fig.1  Schematic of five-electrode configuration used to acquire LEIS data (Current (dashed)

and potential (solid) lines associated with a local defect are shown)[12]

Fig.2  Schematic representation of the LEIS apparatus[15]
Fig.3  SEM image of the AZ91 alloy after 24 h immersion in 1 mmol/L Na2SO4 solution at the corrosion potential[38]
Fig.4  Nyquist plots of the local electrochemical impedance response of the AZ91 alloy after 2 h immersion in 1 mmol/L Na2SO4 solution at the corrosion potential (the spectra were recorded close to the electrode centre at various locations over the alloy)[38]
Fig.5  LEIS plots measured on deposit covered surface (a) and freshly exposed surface (b)[40]
Fig.6  Nyquist plots obtained for alloy A at the open circuit potential in 100 mmol/L NaCl: (a) conventional EIS, (b) LEIS[42]
Fig.7  Nyquist plots obtained for alloy B at the open circuit potential in 100 mmol/L NaCl: (a) conventional EIS, (b) LEIS[42]
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