An irreversible interfacial reaction of a material (metal,
ceramic, polymer) with its enviroment which results in consumption of the material or in
dissolution into the material of a component of the enviroment. Often, but not necessarily, corrosion
results in effects detrimental to the usage of the material considered. Exclusively
physical or mechanical processes such as
melting or
evaporation, abrasion or mechanical fracture are not included in the term corrosion.
Source:
PAC, 1989, 61, 19
(Electrochemical corrosion nomenclature (Recommendations 1988))
on page 20
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
