In the present investigation, an optical corrosion-meter has been developed for materials testing and evaluation of different corrosion phenomena. The idea of the optical corrosion-meter was established based on principles of 3D-holographic interferometry for measuring microsurface dissolution,i.e. mass loss , andon those of electrochemistry for measuring the bulk electronic current, i.e. corrosion current of metallic samples in aqueous solutions. In the present work, an early stage of crevice corrosion of a titanium alloy, a carbon steel and a pure aluminum in seawater was monitored in situ by the optical corrosion-meter during the cyclic polarization test. The observations of crevice corrosion were basically interferometric perturbations detected only on the surface of the titanium alloy and the carbon steel underneath a crevice assembly, made of Teflon bolt, Teflon nut, and Teflon washer. The crevice assembly used on all tested samples to create a differential aeration cell between the surface of the sample and areas underneath the crevice assembly in seawater. Each Teflon washer contained radial grooves and had 20 plateaus which formed crevices ( shield areas) when pressed against the surface of the sample. The interferometic perturbations interpreted as a localized corrosion in a form of an early crevice corrosion of a depth ranged between...
KEYWORDS: General Corrosion, Crevice Corrosion, Titanium Alloy, Carbon Steel , Aluminum, Holographic Interferometry, cyclic polarization Test, and Seawater.