MS402 -Corrosion

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General Information

Most of the Tutorial Questions and Reading Assignments are from the following prescribed textbook:

Corrosion for Science and Engineering
by K. R. Trethewey and J. Chamberlain, 2nd ed., Longman, 1995 

Recommended references:

• Principles and Prevention of Corrosion
  by Denny Jones, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall
  (prescribed text for MS471 Corrosion Engineering)

• Corrosion and Corrosion Control
  by H. H. Uhlig, 3rd ed., Wiley

The first classroom tutorial will commence from the 3rd week

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Online Lectures

1. Corrosion and Society
• What it is
• The Co$t of Corrosion
• Corrosion Can Be Controlled
• Significance of Corrosion Control
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
  
2. Enabling Theory for Aqueous Corrosion
• Energy: the Rule of Law
• Matters of Substance
• Processes in Solution
• Metals: Might and Blight
• Metals in the Melting Pot
• Defects in Metal Structures
• Electrical Science
• Summary
• Reading assignments
3. Theory for Aqueous Corrosion (I)
• Thermodynamic Aspects of Corrosion Reaction
• The Nernst Equation
• Basic Wet Corrosion Cell
• Standard Electrode Potential
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
4. Theory for Aqueous Corrosion (II)
• Reference Electrode
• Cell Potential
• Kinetics of Corrosion Reactions
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
5. Theory for Aqueous Corrosion (III)
• Polarisation
• Tafel Equation
• Corrosion Test Cell & Instrumentation
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
6. Theory for Aqueous Corrosion (IV)
• Diffusion Process
• Double Layer
• Mixed Potential Theory
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
7. Theory for Aqueous Corrosion (V)
• Potential-pH Diagram
• Calculation & Construction
• Application and Limitation
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
8. Dissimilar Metal Corrosion
• EMF Series
• Galvanic Series
• Temperature Effect
• Area Effect
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
9. Selective Attack
• What it is
• Intergranular Corrosion
• Prevention of Intergranualr Corrosion
• Dealloying
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
10. Crevice Corrosion and Pitting
• The Nature of Metal/Environment
• Crevice Corrosion
• Mechanism of Crevice Corrosion
• Pitting Corrosion
• Characteristics of Pitting
• Mechanism of Pitting
• Differential Aeration
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
11. Electrochemical Techniques
• Polarisation Curves of Passive Metal
• Unstable Passivation
• Cyclic Pitting Scan and Pitting Potential
• Applications of Electrochemical Techniques
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
12. Erosion Corrosion and Environment-Sensitive Cracking
• Erosion Corrosion
• Effect of Flow Rate
• Impingement Attack
• Cavitation Damage
• Environment-Sensitive Cracking
• Mechanism
• Prevention
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
13. Basic Principles of Corrosion Control
• Basic Principles
• Materials Selection
• Design Against Corrosion
• Atmospheric Corrosion
• Corrosion Inhibitors
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
14. Corrosion Control by Barrier Coatings
• Function and Classification
• Paints, Composition and Failure
• Metallic Coatings: Properties
• Metallic Coating Methods
• Corrosion Behavior of Metallic Coatings
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
15. Cathodic Protection
• Theoretical Basis
• Cathodic Protection Potential
• Sacrificial Anode Cathodic Protection
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
16. ICCP and Anodic Protection
• ICCP Principle and Application
• Anodic Protection
• Comparison of Protection: Cathodic or Anodic?
• Summary
• Reading Assignments
17. Revision