RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 New developments in scanning microelectrochemical techniques: a highly sensitive route to evaluate degradation reactions and protection methods with chemical selectivity A1 Souto, Ricardo Manuel A1 Filotás, Dániel A1 Fernández Pérez, Bibiana María A1 Nagy, Lívia A1 Nagy, Géza A2 Química A2 Grupo de Electroquímica y Corrosión Instituto de Materiales y Nanotecnología Departamento de Química K1 Scanning electrochemical microscopy K1 Corrosion K1 ion-selective microelectrode tips K1 Metal-coating systems K1 pH distributions K1 concentration distributions AB The scanning electrochemical microscope (SECM) offers a highly sensitive route to evaluate degradation reactions and protection methods with chemical selectivity by using ion-selective microelectrodes as tips, thus operating SECM potentiometrically. Spatially resolved imaging of electrochemical reactivity related to each component of the investigated material can thus be effectively monitored selectively both in situ and in real time. The applicability of this method has been illustrated using two practical examples of galvanic corrosion processes, namely a model Zn-Cu pair, and a metal-coating system consisting in the exposure of cut edges of coil-coated galvanized steel to aqueous saline environment. In this contribution, localized pH and zinc(II) ion distributions originated around the corroding systems immersed in 1 mM NaCl solution are shown YR 2018 FD 2018 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/18991 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/18991 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 05-may-2024