“…As is seen, the b-values were similar for different time during the oxide film formation, indicating that the AE source mechanism was constant for the whole oxidation. Moreover, the average b-value was 1.455, which was close to those of deformation of corroded specimens [46], dislocations [48], and cracking [48,49]. As mentioned, various AE sources in electrochemical corrosion have been proposed by several researchers such as rupture of passive film [9], hydrogen bubble evolution inside the pits [11][12][13][14], crevice propagation [15], cracking [17,18,20].…”