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Salt concentration increases the rate of metal rusting
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CONTESTED
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The claim that salt concentration increases the rate of metal rusting is contested by experimental findings; while chloride ions promote pitting and corrosion in certain stainless steels and alloys, high salt concentrations have conversely been observed to decrease general carbon and mild steel corrosion rates under specific environmental conditions.

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  • Kinetics of Pitting Dissolution of Austenitic Stainless Stee · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1.3 · 2012
  • Corrosion Behavior in Sodium Sulfate and Sodium Chloride Sol · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1.3 · 2004
  • The Effect of Sodium Chloride Concentration on Corrosion Res · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1.05 · 2017
  • Sodium Chloride Concentration Effects on General CO2 Corrosi · peer-reviewed · refutes · weight 1.3 · 2013
  • Effects of Sodium Chloride Concentration on Mild Steel Corro · peer-reviewed · refutes · weight 1.3 · 2011
Evidence for · 3
Kinetics of Pitting Dissolution of Austenitic Stainless Steel 304 in Sodium Chloride Solution
2012 · cited by 16
Paper 2 finds that the addition of chloride ions reduces protective passive film growth and increases corrosion currents on stainless steel.
Evidence against · 2
Sodium Chloride Concentration Effects on General CO2 Corrosion Mechanisms
2013 · cited by 45
Paper 0 finds that high sodium chloride concentrations decreased the general CO2 corrosion rate of carbon steel significantly and nonlinearly.
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More for · 2
Corrosion Behavior in Sodium Sulfate and Sodium Chloride Solutions of SiCp Reinforced Magnesium Alloy Metal Matrix Composites
2004 · cited by 16
Paper 3 demonstrates that dissolution rates of magnesium alloy metal matrix composites are exceptionally high in chloride solutions compared to sulfate solutions.
The Effect of Sodium Chloride Concentration on Corrosion Resistance of Austenitic Stainless Steel 316L and SMA Weldment
2017 · cited by 9
Paper 5 shows that austenitic stainless steel and weldments experience severe pitting corrosion and lowest impedance magnitudes at specific NaCl concentrations like 3.5%.
More against · 1
Effects of Sodium Chloride Concentration on Mild Steel Corrosion in Slightly Sour Environments
2011 · cited by 26
Paper 1 demonstrates that high salt concentrations significantly slowed down the reaction rate in mild steel corrosion under low H2S environments.
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