Study on electrochemical mechanism of coronary stent used austenitic stainless steel in flowing artificial body fluid
Liang, C.; Guo, L.; Chen, W.; Wang, H.
Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 22(4): 730-733
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1001-5515 PMID: 16156260 Document Number: 592695
The electrochemical mechanism of austenitic stainless steel (SUS316L and SUS317L) coronary stents in flowing artificial body fluid has been investigated with electrochemical technologies. The results indicated that the flowing medium coursed the samples' pitting potential Eb shift negatively, increased the pitting corrosion sensitivity, accelerated its anodic dissolution, but had little effects on repassivated potential. The flowing environment had great effects on cathodic process. The oxygen reaction on the samples' surface became faster as the cathodic process was not controlled by oxygen diffusion but by mixed diffusion and electrochemical process. With the increase of velocity of solution, the pitting corrosion becomes liable to occur under this circumstance.