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The corrosion of mild steel as a result of 3 years of immersion in deionized water, using Mössbauer results, indicates that γ-FeOOH, α-FeOOH and Fe3O4 are formed as corrosion products. This study shows that purified water will produce α-FeOOH only when the exposure time is long. It is proposed that ferrihydrite, which is formed as an intermediate corrosion product, is converted to γ-FeOOH, which in turn is converted to α-FeOOH and Fe3O4.
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Arshed, M., Anwar-ul-Islam, M., Siddique, M. et al. Mössbauer study of the corrosion of mild steel due to prolonged immersion in deionized water. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 175, 467–472 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02163750
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