A Multimodal Dataset on Stainless Steel for Electrochemical Corrosion Studies: Optical Microscopy and Linear Sweep Voltammetry

The upload includes optical and electrochemical data for corrosion experiments.

This dataset presents the results of an experimental study conducted to investigate the electrochemical behavior of electropolished Stainless Steel 316L (SS316L) samples immersed in NaCl solutions. The combination of Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV) and optical microscopy techniques was employed to gather comprehensive insights into the electrochemical processes occurring on the surface of the stainless steel samples.

The samples used in the experiment were electropolished SS316L, chosen for its widely recognized corrosion resistance properties and frequent application in various industrial sectors. LSV was performed on the samples in a potential range of -0.5V to 1.35V, (vs 3.4M KCl Ag/AgCl). NaCl solutions with concentrations of 5mM, 10mM, and 50mM were prepared to simulate different electrolyte conditions.

Two different scan rates, 50mV/s and 100mV/s, were applied during the LSV experiments to observe the effect of varying scan rates on the electrochemical behavior of the SS316L samples. The scan rates were chosen to cover a range commonly encountered in electrochemical studies.

List of experiments:

•     5 mM solution, 100mV/s scan rate
•     10 mM solution, 50mV/s scan rate
•     10 mM solution, 100mV/s scan rate
•     50 mM solution, 50mV/s scan rate
•     50 mM solution, 100mV/s scan rate

The dataset is accompanied by animated plots. The top left plot shows electrochemistry data, bottom left - average normalized intensity and derivative of intensity. Top right - original optical images, bottom right - normalized images.

The scale for optical images: 1px = 480 nm. Axes on images are in pixels

Jupyter notebook with the code, used to create videos included. We recommend opening the Jupyter notebook file in a Python 3 environment.