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The , can be formally expressed as an , e.g. for the anodic in and in one obtains , being the the
amount of substance
transferred per unit time at a specified surface. Using Faraday's law, the corrosion
rate, electric current
which at the corrosion potential
is called the corrosion current, dissolution
of one component of a material with charge number
of the electrode reaction
and Faraday constant
.