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Electrochemical current and potential noise were simultaneously acquired from Type 304L stainless steel (UNS S30403) in 0.05 M ferric chloride (FeCl 3 ) using a three-electrode configuration . Power spectral, statistical, and wavelet analyses have been used to know the uniqueness of the parameters proposed for the identification of various types of corrosion processes. Roll-off slopes derived from power spectral analysis and statistical parameters such as standard deviation, localization index, and kurtosis corroborated with pitting as the corrosion mechanism. Energy distribution plots (EDP) obtained from wavelet analysis of current noise was found to be useful to derive mechanistic information on the progress of corrosion. Discrete wavelet transform was used to decompose the signals into a D 1 , D 2 , D 3 …D 8 , S 8 set of coefficients. The EDP showed that the contribution from the medium time scale crystal, D 5 , prevailed over the smaller time scale crystals and larger time scale crystals during the initial stages of immersion. With an increase in the time of immersion, the energy deposition on the larger time scale crystals increased and the maximum energy was concentrated on the D 8 crystals, indicating that the dominant process occurring on the specimen surface was stable pitting. The results of the investigation are detailed in the paper.

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AISI type 304L stainless steel (SS) was assessed for its corrosion resistance in nitric acid solution. The effect of variation in nitric acid concentration (1 to 10N) and temperature (298 K, 313 K, 333 K, 348 K) on the corrosion resistance of 304L SS was investigated using potentiodynamic polarisation studies. The corrosion resistance of the alloy was also studied in 1N nitric acid containing different concentrations of chloride ion (1000, 5000, and 10 000 ppm) in order to understand the tendency to pitting corrosion. The results show that the corrosion resistance of the material deteriorated for acid concentrations greater than 4N. The temperature of the acid was found to have a profound effect on the corrosion resistance, with corrosion becoming more prominent at temperatures of 333 K and above. Chloride ions up to a concentration of 10 000 ppm were found to have no effect on the pitting resistance of the material studied.