A practical application of thermal desorption mass spectrometry for studying inhibitors and corrosion products

In the present review, examples of the practicality of applying thermal desorption mass spectrometry (TDMS) to study inhibitors and corrosion products are given. It is shown that the highly informative aspect of the method allows regularities of the processes occurring in volume, on surfaces, and in near-surface layers of steels and alloys to be established. The TDMS method makes it possible to identify adsorbed and chemisorbed inhibitors and corrosion products, as well as products of their destruction.