selective corrosion

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05551
@C01351@ of a single phase having more than one component, when the ratio of the @C01351@ rates of the components differs from the ratio of bulk @M03980@ fractions. Selective @C01351@ changes the composition of the material in the @I03087@.
Source:
PAC, 1989, 61, 19. (Electrochemical corrosion nomenclature (Recommendations 1988)) on page 21 [Terms] [Paper]