Fractal Characterization of the Mass Loss of Bronze by Erosion–Corrosion in Seawater

Abstract

The fractal approach is one of the nondestructive techniques for analyzing corrosion’s effects on different materials. This article utilizes it to analyze the erosion–corrosion produced by cavitation on two types of bronze introduced into an ultrasonic cavitation field to investigate the differences between their behavior in saline water. The aim is to check the hypothesis that the fractal/multifractal measures significantly differ for the studied materials that belong to the same class (bronze) as a step in applying fractal techniques to distinguish between two materials. The study emphasizes the multifractal characteristics of both materials. While the fractal dimensions do not significantly differ, the highest multifractal dimensions correspond to the sample of bronze with Sn.