“…Thus the smaller (hydrated) ions diffuse more readily through the coating, dilute the acid, and decrease the blistering rate. Additional details of cation effects have been published (Leidheiser et al, 1984). The sample of gas collected from an epoxy-coated substrate that had been exposed to acid for about 3000 h shows peaks for H2(2), He(4), C(12), N(14), H20(18), , N2(28), 02(32), and C02(44).…”