The objective of this work was to investigate how the
corrosion kinetics of battery zinc alloys and pure zinc, in
alkaline as well as weakly acid chloride electrolytes, is
influenced by such factors as the alloy composition, state
and treatment of the metal surface. The information is of
interest both from a practical and a theoretical point of
view. The samples under investigation were always of the
same form to restrict the number of factors influencing the
obtained data.