Glosssary of Corrosion Related Terms


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Wash primer
A thin, inhibiting paint, usually chromate pigmented with a polyvinyl butyrate binder.

Weld cracking
Cracking that occurs in the weld metal. See also cold cracking, hot cracking, lamellar tearing, and stress-relief cracking.

Weld decay
Intergranular corrosion, usually of stainless steels or certain nickel-base alloys, that occurs as the result of sensitization in the heat-affected zone during the welding operation.

Wetting
A condition in which the interfacial tension between a liquid and a solid is such that the contact angle is 0º to 90º.

Wetting agent
A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid, thereby causing it to spread more readily on a solid surface.

White liquor
Cooking liquor from the kraft pulping process produced by recausticizing green liquor with lime.

White rust
Zinc oxide: the powdery product of corrosion of zinc or zinc-coated surfaces.

Work hardening
Same as strain hardening.

Working electrode
The test or specimen electrode in an electrochemical cell.

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