Blisters have been observed in the oxide film of aluminum in aqueous chloride solutions. They can be initiated by short duration (⪝ 1 msec), low voltage pulses. Such blisters grow only if the steady‐state potential of the specimen is above the pitting potential. The growth proceeds laterally along the oxide‐metal interface. Upon breaking, as a result of gas pressure from within, pitting corrosion begins. Thus, in this instance, blisters are experimentally demonstrable precursors of pits.
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Bargeron et al. (1977) studied this question.