%0 Journal Article
%T Semiconducting Behavior of Carbon Steel in Electrolyte Solution
%A Q.D. Zhong
%A C. Wang
%A X.G. Lu
%A L.Y. ShiK.C. Chou
%J The Open Corrosion Journal
%D 2008
%I 
%R 10.2174/1876503301008010001]
%X In this paper, the semiconducting behavior of carbon steel in acid, base and salt solutions was studied by utilizing potential-capacitance and Mott-Schottky analysis. It was pointed out that the capacitance variation of space charge layer of carbon steel in different solution was different. The carbon steel showed p-type semiconducting behavior in 5% sulfuric acid and 5% sodium sulfate solution. However, the carbon steel showed n-type semiconducting behavior in 5% sodium hydroxide. It was suggested that the space charge layer of the carbon steel in different electrolytes might be asymmetric.
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