Identification of AE Source in Corrosion Process

In this paper acoustic emission (AE) was implemented to detect and study the corrosion on austenitic stainless steel grade AISI 304. Two tests were conducted at room temperature using an acidic 30% Chloride solution in passive tests procedure and 3% NaCl solution in electrochemical process. From the experimental works, it appeared that AE signals could be detected during corrosion. Data were studied in time and frequency domain to characterize and to find out the relation between AE parameter and corrosion. In addition the source of generated acoustic signals and corrosive mechanism in the different corrosive environment condition were discussed.