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pitting2 CONSTRUCTSPitting corrosionFRANKEL · CORROSION PITSNail pittingSINGH · NAIL PITS

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Corrosion Science

Localized breakdown of a metal's passive film, forming small deep cavities

In corrosion science, pitting is a localized form of attack in which a metal's protective passive film breaks down at discrete points, often where chloride ions concentrate, producing small, deep cavities while the surrounding surface stays intact. G. S. Frankel reviewed the controlling factors in Pitting Corrosion of Metals: A Review of the Critical Factors in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society. The referent is a corrosion cavity eaten into metal, not the shallow depressions that appear in a diseased fingernail.[1]

Unit
One pit, sized by depth and counted as pit density
Recovery means
Expose a passive alloy to chloride and find isolated deep cavities beneath the surface film
Measured by
Characterized by pitting potential, pit depth and density, and electrochemical current transients

Dermatology

Small surface depressions in the nail plate, a sign of psoriasis

In dermatology, nail pitting is the appearance of small, punctate depressions on the surface of the nail plate, caused by defective keratinization in the proximal nail matrix and seen commonly in psoriasis. Its clinical features are described by S. K. Singh in Finger nail pitting in psoriasis and its relation with different variables in the Indian Journal of Dermatology. The referent is a depression in a growing nail, not a corrosion cavity in metal.[2][3]

Unit
One nail pit, counted per nail
Recovery means
Inspect the fingernails for punctate surface depressions
Measured by
Counted clinically (pits per nail) and scored within indices such as NAPSI

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References

  1. Frankel, G. S. (1998). Pitting corrosion of metals: A review of the critical factors. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 145(6), 2186–2198. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.1838615
  2. Singh, S. K. (2013). Finger nail pitting in psoriasis and its relation with different variables. Indian Journal of Dermatology, 58(4), 310. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.113955
  3. Moreno-Romero, J. A., & Grimalt, R. (2018). Nail pitting in psoriasis. New England Journal of Medicine, 379(22), e38. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmicm1803217

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