Title: corrosion cell
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - corrosion cell
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C01352
Status: current

Definition
A galvanic cell resulting from inhomogeneities in the material or in its environment.

Source
- PAC, 1989, 61, 19. 'Electrochemical corrosion nomenclature (Recommendations 1988)' on page 22 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198961010019)

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Citation: Citation: 'corrosion cell' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.C01352
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