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EmeritusDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of FloridaGainesville,Florida  \n## A.INTRODUCTION\n\nFor the behavior of metals in aqueous solutions,one of the most important contributions to thecorrosion literature has been the work of Pourbaix [1,2]and his associates in the development ofthermodynamic equilibrium diagrams(E vs.pH),called Pourbaix diagrams.A vast amount of datamay be presented simply and concisely in Pourbaix diagrams.When the advantages and limitationsof such diagrams are understood,valuable inferences may be made regarding corrosion phenomena.The selection of conditions for cathodic and anodic protection is simplified.Candidates for consi-deration as inhibitor species may be selected with greater efficiency.Critical corrosion experimentsmay be designed with equal efficiency.  \nCorrosion processes involve both chemical and electrochemical phenomena.In 1923,Evans[3]observed that,if two samples of iron connected by a galvanometer are immersed in twosolutions of potassium chloride,separated by a porous membrane,and if a stream of air is bubbledthrough one of these solutions,an electric current circulates between the aerated sample,whichbecomes the cathode,and the nonaerated sample,which becomes the anode and corrodes.Onthe other hand,if a sample of iron and a sample of another metal (copper,zinc,or magnesium)are connected as above,a passage of electric current is also observed.Under these circumstances,iron becomes the anode and corrodes when connected to copper,whereas zinc or magnesium becomethe anode and corrode providing protection to ron.Thus,it is necessary to consider not onlychemical thermodynamics,but also electrochemical thermodynamics when considering corrosionreactions.  \nChemical equilibria are defined as those that do not involve oxidation-reduction processes,butdo involve the law of mass action and the law of solubility product (involving partial pressures orfugacities and concentrations or activities).By contrast,electrochemical reactions are defined asthose in which free electric charges,or electrons,participate.  \n*Adapted with permission fromJ.of Educ.Modules Mater.Sci.Eng.1,535(1979);current title,J.Mater.Educ.,published by theMaterials Education Council,Copyright CPennsylvania State University.  \n112 SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR CONSTRUCTING POURBAIX DIAGRAMS  \n## B.THERMODYNAMIC BACKGROUND\n\nThe procedure for calculating Pourbaix diagrams is straightforward and is amenable to computercalculation.On the other hand,certain assumptions are made that must be borne in mind whenapplying the information available from Pourbaix diagrams in“real”situations.First is theassumption of equilibrium.Since Pourbaix diagrams are equilibrium diagrams,they give noinformation on the kinetics of the reactions considered.Kinetic information may be obtainedexperimentally by methods described elsewhere [4].It also is assumed that the reaction products areknown and that the free energy information of each solid and ionic species is known for theconditions of temperature and pressure of interest.The pH of the solution is assumed to be knownand constant in the bulk as well as at the metal or reaction-products surface.Temperature andpressure are considered to be constant and are usually assumed to be 298K(25℃)and 1 atm,respectively.Pourbaix diagrams may be calculated for other temperatures if thermodynamic data areavailable or may be estimated [5].Generally,the features of Pourbaix diagrams are not significantlyaltered by increased pressures since thermodynamic properties are relatively insensitive to pressure(as compared with temperature).  \nThe simple graphical methods described herein greatly facilitate the practical consideration of thevarious equilibrium reactions involved.For chemical reactions,it is convenient to make use of theVan't Hoff equation,which involves the equilibrium constant:  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