An Analysis of Limiting Cases for the Metal Oxide Film Growth Kinetics Using an Oxygen Defects Model Accounting for Transport and Interfacial Reactions

This work was motivated by the need to understand the passivation of metal surfaces to provide resistance against chemical degradation, given that corrosion is a major limiting factor in the operational lifetime of metals and their alloys. In this study, a unified analysis for an oxide growth model was presented. The oxide growth model was consistent with the literature and accounted for the transport of oxygen defects through a growing oxide...