Chapter 1 Corrosion Protection Function and Breakdown Mechanism of Passive Films on Stainless Steels

Chapter 2 Passivation Oxide Films and Rust Layers on Iron

Chapter 3 Semiconductor Property of Passive Films and Corrosion Behavior of Fe-Cr Alloys

Chapter 4 Mechanistic Study on Formation of Iron Hydroxides and Oxides with FT-IR and UV Photospectroscopy

Chapter 5 Structural Characterization for a Complex System by Obtaining Middle-Range Ordering

Chapter 6 Corrosion Mechanism of Iron from an X-ray Structural Viewpoint

Chapter 7 Surface Analysis of Oxides and Corrosion Products Formed on Surfaces of Iron-based Alloys

Chapter 8 Characterization of Rust Layers on a Plain-Carbon Steel and Weathering Steels Exposed to Industrial and Coastal Atmosphere for Years

Chapter 9 Synchrotron Radiation Study on Structure of Atmospheric Corrosion Products Formed on Steel Surfaces

Chapter 11 Various Scale Analyses to Create Functioning Corrosion Products

Chapter 12 Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study on Rust Formed on Steel Surfaces