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Development of Scanning Tunneling Microscope Operating in Corrosiove Solution and In Situ Observation of Corrosion Damage of Metals

Research Project

Project/Area Number 02555018
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 機械材料工学
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

KOMAI Kenjiro  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (70025948)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ONO Masatoshi  Advanced Technology Division, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Head, 極限技術部, 部長
MINOSHIMA Kohji  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University, Associate Professor, 工学部, 助教授 (50174107)
Project Period (FY) 1990 – 1991
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1991)
Budget Amount *help
¥10,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥8,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,900,000)
KeywordsScanning Tunneling / Atomic Force Microscope / In Situ Observation / Corrosion / Pitting Corrosion / Stress Corrosion Cracking / Intergranular Dissolution / Stainless Steel / 鋭敏化処理
Research Abstract

A scanning tunneling microscope (STM) operating in a corrosive solution has been developed. The system consists of the STM operating in air and the one in a solution. The electrochemical cell is of a four-electrode type (bi-potentiostatic type), thereby the current associated with electrochemical reaction can be minimized : the potential of the tunneling tip is controlled so that the electrochemical current is reduced to the order of one-hundredth of the tunneling current. By using this bi-potentiostatic technique, the STM imaging can be achieved with the controlled potential of a sample. The other technique for minimizing the electrochemical current is a glass-coating Pt-Ir tunneling tip. Further, the system has a small, three-point bending type testing machine, thereby the imaging under an applied load can be done. By using this system, in situ observation of initiation and growth of micro-pitting on a stainless steel sample immersed in a 3.5% NaCl solution could be done. The imaging demonstrated that the in situ observation with the developed STM system can be operated under the conditions useful for investigating the mechanisms of corrosion damage including stress corrosion cracking, intergranular dissolution and pitting corrosion.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1991 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1990 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] 駒井 謙治郎: "走査型トンネル顕微鏡によるオ-ステナイト系ステンレス鋼の粒界腐食の観察" 日本材料学会第40期学術講演会前刷. 82-84 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kenjiro Komai: "Observation of Intergranular Dissolution of Austenitic Stainless Steel by Scanning Tunneling Microscope" Proc. 40th Annual Meeting of the Society of Materials Science, Japan. 82-84 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 駒井 謙治郎: "走査型トンネル顕微鏡によるオ-ステナイト系ステンレス鋼の粒界腐食の観察" 日本材料学会第40期学術講演会前刷. 82-84 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1990-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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