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title: "Chloride Pitting"
slug: "chloride-pitting"
updated: 2026-10-27T23:12:43Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:12:43Z
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# Chloride Pitting

## Summary

Chloride pitting is a form of localised corrosion that may occur in chloride-containing, oxygenated aqueous environments, especially under stagnant-flow conditions. Pitting results in small excavations of the metal surface, ultimately to perforation of the affected piping or equipment.

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