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thanks astronuc, i will look for the "corrosion" chapter and the pourbaix diagram and try to correlate.

Thanks for your reply. I am a Phd student. by the way, i agree with you that dissolution of corrosion product on the surfaces depend mainly on their nature which inturn is dependent on the surface itself. on SS304, the protective oxide is Cr2O3 while the outer layers are predominantly iron...

I would like to know why alkaline permanganate (potassium permanganate in sodium or potassium hydroxide) is used for dissolving corrosion products formed over nickel alloys such as inconel 600 (composition of alloy is 72% Ni, 16% Cr, 8% Fe) while acidic permanganate (potassium permanganate in...