Corrosion - Part II

COURSE LAYOUT

Week 1: Introduction: - Electrochemical Polarization: Activation and Concentration polarization and Mixed Potential Theory (Recap)Week 2: Corrosion events and Mixed Potential Theory - Understanding of corrosion event on the basis of mixed potential theory: Activation controlled and concentration controlled corrosionWeek 3: Corrosion events and Mixed Potential Theory - Understanding of corrosion event on the basis of mixed potential theory:Activation controlled and concentration controlled corrosionWeek 4: Protection of Metals and Alloys and Mixed Potential Theory - Cathodic protection: Sacrificial anode and Impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) - Industrial application and calculations Protection of Metals and Alloys: Part II - Metal composition and structure -Environmental control over corrosion - Coating - InhibitorWeek 5: Corrosion experiments - Potentiodynamic test - Galvanostatic test - Linear polarization - Immersion test - Salt fog testWeek 6: Stress effect on corrosion - Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) - Corrosion fatigue - Hydrogen embrittlementWeek 7: Oxidation of Metals and Alloys - Pilling Bedworth Ratio - Thermodynamics of oxidation: Ellingham diagramWeek 8:Oxidation of Metals and Alloys - Kinetics of oxidation - Effect of doping on the oxidation behavior