Percentage of elements for each specimen obtained from the energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis after 12 h immersion in either 0.5 M HCl or 0.25 M H2SO4, in the presence or absence of 2 mM diazonium salt.
| Sample | Element (weight%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | N | O | Fe | |
| MS in HCl | 3.5 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 86.4 |
| MS in HCl + DA | 30.1 | 1.2 | 6.7 | 60.2 |
| MS in H2SO4 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 39.1 | 40.3 |
| MS in H2SO4 + DA | 40.8 | 1.8 | 11.1 | 45.1 |