The aim of the present work was to study the passive behavior of Alloy 22 in chloride and fluoride containing solutions varying the heat treatment of the alloy, the halide concentration and the pH of the solution at 90 C. General corrosion behavior was studied using electrochemical techniques, which included open circuit potential monitoring over time, potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements carried out at open circuit and at passive potentials. Corrosion rates obtained by EIS measurements after 24 h immersion were below 0.5 {micro}m/year. The corrosion rates were practically independent of the solution pH, short term corrosion potential (E{sub corr}), alloy heat treatment and halide ion nature and concentration. Polarization resistance (R{sub P}) values increased with open circuit potential and the polarization time at constant potential in 1M NaCl, pH 6, 90 C. This was attributed to an increase in the oxide film thickness and oxide film aging. Capacitance measurements indicated that passive oxide on Alloy 22 presented a double n-type/p-type semiconductor behavior in the passive potential range
