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Corrosion: General Overview & Its Control
Corrosion: General Overview & Its Control
Definitions
Destructive of materials due to reactions
with the environment chemical or
electrochemical attack
Definitions
Reverse of extractive metallurgy
Cost of Corrosion
Direct cost
- Replacing corroded components
- Paints/Coatings
- Cathodic/Anodic Protection
- Use of corrosion resistant alloys
- Use of corrosion inhibitors
Cost of Corrosion
Indirect cost
- Plant shutdown
- High maintenance cost
- Loss of products due to leaking
- Loss of efficiency
- Contamination of products
- Loss of consumer confidence and increased
warranty claims
- Loss of lives
Cost of Corrosion
USA in 1998
CORROSION
Uniform
Localised
MATERIAL
Metallic
Non metallic
CIRCUMSTANCES
pH
Temperature
Flow rate
Design
Stress
etc