Tarnish layers are formed in the heat affected zone during the welding
of steels and nickel based alloys. They commonly consist of oxides of
the alloying elements. The corrosion behaviour of welded components i
s generally influenced by the thickness and composition of the oxide f
ilms. In the following the corrosion behaviour of annealed samples cut
from NiMo28 and NiMo16Cr16Ti is investigated, correlating XPS, SNMS a
nd SEM/EDX data to their pitting corrosion potentials.