Corrosion of Al xCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys: Al-content and potential scan-rate dependent pitting behavior

Abstract The present work investigates the influence of Al-content and potential-scan-rate on stable/metastable pitting of Al x CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys in a 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution. The increased Al content causes the volume fraction of the Cr-depleted phase to increase, resulting in thicker/dispersive passive films that degrade the localized corrosion resistance. The varied stable/metastable pitting behavior under different potential scan rates indicates that pit generation is influenced by the properties of passive films and the interactions between chloride ions and the active sites. Furthermore, a mean-field theory is employed to predict the scan-rate dependent, power-law distribution of current fluctuations.

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