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Corrosion Lecture 1
Corrosion Lecture 1
Introduction to Corrosion
Lecture#01
Definition
Some Corrosion
Failure Examples
Aloha Incident
Uhlig, H.H. and R.W. Revie, Corrosion and Corrosion Control. 3rd ed. 1985, New York: John Wiley & Sons.
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Cost of Corrosion
Which cost more?
Corrosion
Fire
Flooding
Earthquake
Direct Cost
Indirect Cost
USA
303.76
200 (approximately)
Japan
59.02
Former USSR
55.01
Germany
49.26
UK
8.51
Australia
7.32
Belgium
6.75
India
3.78
Poland
3.53
Canada
3.38
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Bhaskaran, R., N. Palaniswamy, and N.S. Rengaswamy, Global Cost of CorrosionA Historical Review,
in Corrosion: Materials, Vol 13B, ASM Handbook. 2005, ASM International.
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Definition of Corrosion
corrosion
Corrosion
oxidation of metal
Rusting of Iron
Anodic regions
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OXIDATION CORROSION
2M
O2
Total
reaction
Atmospheric O2
2 e-
O2
2M
M2+
2
O2-
2 MO
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