REVIEW ON THE APPLICATION OF QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE IN THE RESEARCH OF METAL CORROSION
石英晶体微天平在金属腐蚀研究中的应用

Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM),a nanogram mass detector,is very suitable to perform in situ monitor on the corrosion process of metals.In this paper,principle and method of QCM technique was briefly introduced,its advantages and disadvantages in corrosion study were also discussed.Furthermore,the application and advancement of QCM in metal corrosion research,e.g.atmospheric corrosion,anodic dissolution,passivation,localized corrosion,the behavior and mechanism of inhibitors were summarized.The advantages that using QCM to take minute measurement of atmospheric corrosion,the kenitic study of dissolution and passivation of metals and filming of corrosion inhibitors were emphasized.