Crevice corrosion of carbon steel was investigated in different exposure environments by performing coupon exposure and electrochemical tests. The extent of corrosion on the bold surface of a carbon steel crevice coupon was more severe at 80 degrees C than at 21 degrees C, in aerated rather than dearated solutions, and with gamma-radiation present. In contrast to normal crevice corrosion, we observed `inverse crevice corrosion' behavior, the phenomenon where it is the corrosion on the bold surface that is accelerated when coupled, rather than that on the crevice surface. The coupling current measured between a crevice and a bold electrode in an electrochemical cell was also negative. This inverse crevice corrosion behavior is attributed to a significantly lower metal cation dissolution capacity of the small occluded water volume in the crevice, compared to that of the bulk water volume over the bold surface. The reduction in dissolution capacity results in faster and earlier formation of a protective oxide layer. Corrosion of the bold and crevice surfaces evolves at different rates, leading to galvanically accelerated corrosion of the bold surface. The effect of.-radiation on corrosion evolution in different solution environments leading to inverse crevice corrosion is discussed. (C) The Author(s) 2017. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse of the work in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. All rights reserved.