Nucleation of pitting corrosion on type 304 stainless steel surfaces
occurs independently on the presence of chloride ions in
the electrolyte. Based on the obtained g-values representing
the metastable-pit-growth-to-repassivation-rates ratio it was
observed that chloride ions are mainly responsible for retarding
pit repassivation rather than for facilitating pit nucleation on
type 304 stainless steel.