EIS parameters of Al alloy in 4 M NaOH without and with EDTA-2Na additive.
| C (mM) | R s (Ω cm2) | CPE1 | R ct,1 (Ω cm2) | L (10−5 H cm2) | R (Ω cm2) | CPE2 | R ct,2 (Ω cm2) | R p (Ω cm2) | η EIS (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y 0 (10−4 S sn cm−2) | n 1 | Y 0 (10−1 S sn cm−2) | n 2 | ||||||||
| Blank | 0.632 | 5.855 | 1.000 | 0.180 | 3.064 | 0.082 | 1.146 | 1.000 | 0.123 | 0.179 | — |
| 1 | 0.725 | 1.502 | 1.000 | 0.328 | 5.398 | 0.130 | 0.712 | 1.000 | 0.151 | 0.234 | 23.4 |
| 3 | 0.564 | 1.845 | 1.000 | 0.288 | 4.187 | 0.123 | 0.842 | 0.992 | 0.160 | 0.246 | 27.2 |
| 5 | 0.838 | 1.548 | 1.000 | 0.312 | 4.728 | 0.127 | 0.692 | 1.000 | 0.181 | 0.271 | 33.9 |
| 7 | 1.152 | 1.001 | 1.000 | 0.333 | 4.044 | 0.125 | 5.434 | 1.000 | 0.270 | 0.371 | 51.7 |