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A pore view of corrosion

Nature volume 410, pages 421–423 (2001)Cite this article

The mechanism by which an alloy corrodes into a potentially useful porous sponge is understood qualitatively, but quantitative predictions of its final structure have been lacking. A model for this has now been proposed.

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Figure 1: The early stages of dealloying of a copper–gold alloy immersed in a solution of sulphuric acid.

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