Prof TKG Namboodhiri B.Sc(Met.Engg.), MS & Ph.D.

Hydrogen Economy Expert

Prof TKG Namboodhiri Quick Facts Main Areas: Metallurgical Engineering, Materials, Hydrogenproduction, storage, uses. Hydrogen-related problems in material
Career Focus: Professor, Researcher, Consultant, Advisor
Affiliation: 1)Life Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India) 2)Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals,
4)Life Member, Electrochemical Society of India, 5)Life Member, Materials Research Society of
IndiaSivapriya,Thevanomkottillum, Vempala road, Mathilbhagom, Tiruvalla-689101
Kerala
Phone: 0469-2623785
Mobile: 09495508943
E-mail: tkg_namboodhiri@yahoo.com
tkgnamboodhiri@gmail.com
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Dr. T. K .G. NAMBOODHIRI
Position
Consultant
Date of Birth
December11, 1941
Academic Qualifications
College
Degree
Year
Field
College of Mining& Metallurgy, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi, India
B.Sc

1965
Metallurgical Engineering
Department ofMetallurgical Engineering, Universityof Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
M.S.
1966
Metallurgical Engineering
School of Metallurgy& Materials Science, Universityof Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Ph.D.
1970
Metallurgy & Materials Science
M.S. Thesis
Precipitation indeformed Al-base cu alloys
Guide
Professor Herbert Herman
Ph.D. Thesis
Decomposition of thealpha phase in
Ti-rich-Al Alloys
Guides
Prof. C.J.McMahonJr, and Prof.H.Herman
Distinctions and Awards
1) BHU Gold Medal (1965),Bishan Das Basil Medal (1965), Hadfield Medal (1965) for standing first
inB.Sc. (Met. Engg.) Exam. 2) Best paper in corrosion science Award for1987 from the
electrochemical society of India, 3) Elected Vice- Chairman,Corrosion Group of the society for
advancement of electrochemical science andtechnology, 4) Elected Hon.Joint- secretary (1982-84),
Hon. secretary (1985& 86) and Hon. chairman (1995 & 96) of the Varanasi chapter of theIndian
institute of metals, 5) Distinguished visiting scientist at thecentral electrochemical research
institute, karaikudi during June 1986, 6)Prof. J. Balachandra Award for the best paper in corrosion
science, 1993, ofthe electrochemical society of India, 7) visiting scientist at the corrosiongroup,
metallurgy div. , national institute of standards and technology,Gaithersburg, Md., U.S.A. during
1989-90, 8) mascot national award 1996 ofthe electrochemical society of India in recognition of
valuable contributionto corrosion science and technology. 9) Smt. Annapurna Award for the

year2000 of SAEST for the best paper in Corrosion and its prevention publishedin Trans. SAEST.
Professional memberships
1) LifeFellow, Institution of Engineers (India)
2)Life Fellow, Society for Advancement ofElectrochemical Science and Technology
3)Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals
4)Life Member, Electrochemical Society of India
5)Life Member, Materials Research Society of India
Professional experience
1965 1970 Research Fellow, Department ofMetallurgical Engg., Univ. of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia,Pa. U.S.A
1970 1973 Post- doctoral Research Associate, schoolof Chemical & Biochemical Engg., Univ.of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A.
1973 1976 Engineer/ Scientist SD, VikramSarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research
Organization, Trivandrum.
1976 1985 ,Reader, Department of Metallurgical Engg., BanarasHindu University,Varanasi.
1985 2004 ,Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Banaras HinduUniversity, Varanasi
(retired in June 2004)
2004 - 2006 ,Emeritus Professor, Department ofMechanical Engineering, Sree Buddha College of
Engineering, Pattoor,Alapuzha, Kerala University.
2006 Present , Consultant,Metallurgical consulting.
A. Teaching.
Teachingundergraduate and post-graduate metallurgical engineering students subjectslike a)
mechanical behaviour, b)mechanics of deformation and fracture, c) fracture mechanics, d)
mechanicalprocessing, e) electrometallurgy and corrosion, f) corrosion and protection,g) alloy
design and development and h) failure analysis.
B. Research
Researchin areas like; a) hydrogenembrittlement of metallic materials, b) dezincification and stress
corrosioncracking of brasses, c) erosion-corrosion, d) corrosion and its prevention insteels and
metallic glasses, e) corrosion of Al and Mg alloys, and f)microbiologically influenced corrosion.
Sponsored Research Projects
Principal Investigator

Scheme
Funding
Duration
Funds (Rs.)
HydrogenEmbrittlement
UGC
1982-1986
1, 72, 800
Role ofDezincification in SCC of Brasses
CSIR
1983-1986
1, 32, 000
HydrogenInduced Cracking and Sulphide Stress Cracking of OCTG Steels
Indo-US jointProject (SAIL-NSF), through SAIL
1989-1992
1, 06, 000
Co-Investigator
Scheme
Funding
Duration
Funds (Rs.)
AmorphousAlloys
DST
1977-1981
9, 73, 000
Correlation ofMechanical Properties with Microstructure of High Temperature Ti alloyslike IMI 685

ARDB
1978-1984
9, 72, 000
Dezincificationof Brasses
UGC
1978-1981
1, 50, 000
MetallicGlasses
DST
1982-1987
34, 74, 000
Research Guidance
Guided the following B.Tech. Projects, M.Tech.Dissertations and Ph.D. Theses;
B.Tech. Projects.
1.Fracture types in metals and alloys (1976- 77)
2.Superplastic forming of a Pb-Sn alloy (1977-78)
3.Corrosion behaviour of amorphous alloy Metglas2826 (1978-79)
4.Effect of silicide precipitation on mechanicalproperties of a titanium base aircraft alloy IMI 685
(1979- 80)
5.Corrosion behaviour 0f 63/37 brass in 3.5 %NaCl solution (1980-81 )
6.Environment- assisted fracture of metallicglasses (1981-82)
7.Hydrogen embrittlement of a dual-phase steel(1982-83)
8.Stress corrosion cracking of brasses (1983-84)
9.Corrosion behaviour of aluminium particulatecomposites in marine environments (1984-85)
10.Hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility of steelweldments (1984-85)
11.Hydrogen embrittlement of a HSLA steel(1985-86)

12.Corrosion of copper- particulate composites(1986-87)

13.Effect of elastic stress on corrosion ofcopper (1987-88)
14.Environment-assisted fracture of an Al-Li-Xalloy (1987-88)
15.A critical evaluation of the effects ofmicrostructure and environment on fatigue thresholds (198889)
16.Effects of heat treatments on the H2S resistance of 9Cr-1 Mo steel (1990-91)
17.Wear and corrosion characteristics of Al-Pbcomposites (1991-92)
18.Mechanical and corrosion behaviour of Alalloy- Sicp metal matrix composites (1992- 93)
19.Wear, erosion and corrosion of pipeline steel(1993- 94)
20.Characterization of the mechanical propertiesof Mg and its alloys (1996=97)
21.Mechanical properties and corrosioncharacteristics of two aluminium alloys (1998-99)
22.Corrosion behaviour of high-nitrogenaustenitic stainless steels (1999-2000)
23.Hydrogen embrittlement of API X-65 line-pipesteel (2000-2001)
M. Tech.Dissertations.
1.A technical evaluation of some chromium steels(1977)
2.Role of dezincification in stress corrosioncracking of brasses (1978)
3.Effect of austenitizing temperature onstrength and toughness of 15CDV6 steel (1981)
4.Hydrogen sulfide corrosion of a high strengthlow alloy steel (1984)
5.Metallurgical factors in the hydrogenembrittlement of a HSLA steel(1985)
6.A unified theory of hydrogen embrittlement(quantum mechanical approach) (1985)
7.Hydrogen induced delayed cracking of a line-pipe steel (1986)
8.Weldability and hydrogen embrittlement of aline- pipe steel (1989)
9.Corrosion and environment assisted fracture ofan Al-Zn-Mg alloy (1989)
10.Corrosion of a Mg alloy in dilute hydrochloricacid and its inhibition (1993)
11.Corrosion study of an Al-Li alloy in marineenvironments (1999)
12.Characterization of mechanical and corrosionbehaviour of an HSLA steel (2000)

13.Hydrogen embrittlement of Al-Zn-Mg alloyAA7020 (2001)

14.Effect of heat treatment on hydrogenembrittlement susceptibility of API X-65 steel (2002)
15.Hydrogen embrittlement in C-0. 5 Mo steel(2003)

16.Precipitation hardening and hydrogenembrittlement of AA 7020 aluminium alloy (2004)

Ph. D. Theses.
1.Corrosion and passivation of metallic glasses,I.B. Singh (1987)
2.Inhibition of corrosion and hydrogenembrittlement of HSLA and AISI 410 steels, Reeta Agrawal
(1990)
3.The evaluation of the high strain rate flowbehaviour of materials using a newly developed dynamic
indentation technique,Y. Tirupataiah (1991)
4.Corrosion of mild steel and its inhibition,R.K.Chaturvedi (1991)
5.Corrosion studies on high sulfur microalloyedsteels for sour gas applications, K.Ravi (1992)
6.Corrosion of Fe-Cr and Fe-Cr-Ni steels and itscontrol, A.Kumar (1992)
7.Corrosion of high strength low alloy steels inaqueous sodium chloride media, Amar Nath (1996)
8.Microbiologically influenced corrosion ofmetallic materials and its control, R.S.Dubey (1997)
9.Corrosion behaviour of mild steel in alkalinemedia, B.Ramesh Babu (1998)
Additional professional activities
Establishment ofa Corrosion Research Laboratory
Built-up a modern Corrosion Research Laboratory in theDepartment of Metallurgical Engineering,
Banaras HinduUniversity with fundsfrom various sponsored research projects as well as the UGC
Centre of Advancedstudy in Metallurgy. Sophisticated equipment like Potentioscans,
ComputerizedElectrochemical Corrosion and Impedance Measurement System, Stress
CorrosionCracking Machine, D.C.Polarograph and Coulometry set-up were purchased. NinePh.D.

Theses, thirteen M.Tech. Dissertations and twenty-three B. Tech.Projects have been completed in
the last 25 years. Nearly 75 publications and40 conference presentations originated from the work
in this laboratory.
Administrative Experience
1. Officer-in-charge, Departmental Library, 1977- 80 & 2002-2003
2.Hon. Treasurer, Metallurgy Society, Dept. ofMetallurgical Engg, BHU, 1977- 81
3.Hon. Treasurer, International Conference onMetal Sciences (ICMS- 77), Varanasi,1977
4.In-charge, Industrial Consultancy andTesting Services, Dept. of Metallurgical Engg. , BHU, 198184
5.Member, Industrial Consultancy Cell, I.T.,BHU, 1982- 87
6.Warden, Vishwakarma Hostel, 1981- 87
7.Co- ordinator, Mechanical Metallurgy andCorrosion Division, Dept. of Metallurgical Engg., BHU,
1984- 87 & 1993-99.
8.In-charge, Doctoral Students Affairs andSecretary, Departmental Research Committee, Dept. of
Metallurgical Engg.,BHU, 1984- 89
9.Member, Policy Planning Committee, Dept. ofMetallurgical Engineering, BHU, 1995- 98
10.Member, Purchase Sub- committee, Officefurniture and equipment, BanarasHindu
University,1993- 99
11.Chairman, Computerization Committee, Banaras Hindu University,200-2001
12.Dean, Training & Placement, Sree BuddhaCollege of Engineering,2005- 2006
Invited Lectures
Publications
Presented invited lectures at:
1.National Workshop on Stress CorrosionCracking, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, August 1980
2.Short course on Analysis and Mechanics ofMetal Failure, Varanasi,January 1981
3.Seminar on Advances in Metallurgical Research:Transformations and Processes, IIT, Kharagpur,
December 1981
4.The First National Seminar on Materials forAdvanced Energy Systems, IIT, Kanpur,December
1981
5.Symposium on Corrosion and its Prevention,BHU, Varanasi,October 1984

6.Sixth International Conference on Fracture(ICF-6), New Delhi,December 1984

7.International Conference on Metallic andSemi-conducting Glasses, Central University,
Hyderabad,December 1986
8.Short term course on Engineering Failures:Analysis and Prevention, IIT, Delhi,December 1990
9.Short course on Composites, BHU, Varanasi, February 1991
10.Symposium on Emerging Frontiers in Corrosionand its Control, M.D. .University, Rohtak, March,
1992
11.National Seminar on Interfacial and SurfacePhenomena in Metallurgy, BHU, Varanasi,October
1993
12.International Conference on Maintenance,Inspection, Corrosion, Metallurgy and Plant Reliability,
IPCL, Vadodara,January 1996
13.Eighth National Congress on Corrosion Control,Kochi,September 1998
14.International Conference on MetallurgicalTechnologies, BHU, Varanasi,December 1998.
15. The53rd Annual Technical Meetings of the Indian Institute of Metals,November 1999, Kanpur.
16. .Int.Conf. On Advances in Materials and Materials Processing, February 2002,Kharagpur
Published: 82, Presented41
List of Publications
A. Publications in refereed Journals. Books and ConferenceProceedings
Refereed Journal A Refereed JournalArticles
1.L.Nanis and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Mathematics ofthe electrochemical extraction of hydrogen from
iron. J. Electrochem. Soc., 119 (1972) 691-694.
2. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, C.J.McMahon, Jr. and H. Herman, Decomposition of the alpha phasein
titanium-rich Ti-Al alloys, Metall. Trans., 4 (1973) 1323-1331.
3. T.K.G. Namboodhiri and L. Nanis,Concentration dependence of hydrogen diffusion in Armco iron,
Acta Metall.,21 (1973) 663-672.
4. T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Electrical resistivitiesof titanium and Ti-Al alloys, Trans. Indian Inst. Metals,
28 (1975) 39-43.
5. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, G. Thomas and M.K. Mukherjee, Space applications of titanium,Minerals &
Metals Review, 1, Nos.5-7 (1975-76) 22-29.
6. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Hydrogen embrittlement in 4340 steel, Trans. Soc. forAdvancement of
Electrochemical Science and Technology (India), 13 (1978)177-192.

7. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Measurement of hydrogen in metals, Trans. Indian Inst. Metals,31 (1978)

435-438. 8
8. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Fractographic features of hydrogen embrittlement failures in4340 steel,
Bull.Electron Microscope Soc. India, 2, No.1 (1978) 15-16.
9. T.K.G.Namboodhiri and S.N. Das, Development of a high strength tough chromiumsteel, Tool &
Alloy Steels, 13 (1979) 187-191.
10. P.Gupta, R.S. Chaudhary, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and B. Prakash, Mechanism ofdezincification and
the inhibitive efficiency of some azoles for thecorrosion of 70/30 brass in sulfuric acid, Br. Corros. J.,
17 (1982) 136-141.
11. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, R.S. Chaudhary, B. Prakash and M.K. Agrawal, Dezincification ofbrasses in
concentrated ammonia, Corros. Sci., 22 (1982) 1037-1047.
12. P.Gupta, R.S. Chaudhary, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and B. Prakash, Effect of pyridineand its
derivatives on the corrosion of 70/30 brass in 1% H2SO4,Br. Corros. J., 17 (1982) 193-196.
13. P.Gupta, R.S. Chaudhary, T.K.G. Namboodhiri, B.B. Prasad and B. Prakash,Inhibitive action of
some amines towards corrosion of 70/30 brass in sulfuricacid, J. Electrochem. Soc. India,32 (1983)
21-31.
14. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, On the Ti -Al phase diagram, Mater. Sci. Eng., 57 (1983) 21-22.
15. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, T.A. Ramesh, G. Singh and S. Sehgal, Hydrogen embrittlement ofthree
metallic glasses, Mater. Sci. Eng., 61 (1983) 23-29.
16. P.Gupta, T.K.G. Namboodhiri, R.S. Chaudhary and B. Prakash, Inhibitive actionof some azoles
towards the corrosion and dezincification of 70 Cu -30 Znbrass in ammonia solution, Corros. Sci., 23
(1983) 1361-1371.
17. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Fracture modes in metallic glasses, Bull. Electron MicroscopeSoc. India,7
(1983) 101-106.
18. P.Gupta, R.S. Chaudhary, T.K.G. Namboodhiri, B. Prakash and B.B. Prasad, Effectof mixed
inhibitors on dezincification and corrosion of63/37 brass in 1%Sulfuric acid, Corrosion, 40 (1984) 3336.
19. T.Ramchandran and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, A Potentiostatic evaluation of thecorrosion of a Ni -Co
base amorphous alloy, Corrosion, 40 (1984) 73-77.
20. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Frontier areas in the electrochemistry of stress corrosioncracking. Trans.
Soc. Advancement Electrochem. Sci. Technology (India),19, (1984) 197- 199.
21. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Hydrogen embrittlement of metallic materials, Trans.Indian Inst.Metals, 37
(1984) 764-793. (IIM Review)
22. T.K. G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion Engineering, The BanarasMetallurgist, 5(1985) 9-13
23. I.B.Singh, R.S. Chaudhary and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Effect of alloying on thecorrosion behaviour

of iron-boron glasses in sulfuric acid, Mater. Sci. Eng.,83 (1986) 123-133.

24. T.K.G.Namboodhiri and R.S. Tripathi, Stress assisted dezincification of 70/30 brassin ammonia,
Corros. Sci., 26 (1986) 745- 756.
25. T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Engineering education inIndia, J. Inst. Engineers (India),IDP, 66 (1986) 7577.
26. R.S.Tripathi and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Mechanically assisted dezincification andstress corrosion
cracking of 60/40 brass, J.Electrochem. Soc. India,35 (1986) 183-187.
27. I.B.Singh, R.S. Chaudhary and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion resistance of twomagnetic
metallic glasses in acidic and neutral aqueous solutions, J. Electrochem.Soc. India,35 (1986) 279-282
28. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, The training of materials engineers for the twenty-firstcentury, The Banaras
Metallurgist, 8 (1987) 45-51.
29. ReetaAgrawal, R.S. Chaudhary and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Inhibitive action ofpiperidine on HSLA
steel corrosion and hydrogen evolution reaction in H2SO4media, J. Electrochem. Soc. India,36
(1987) 31-36 (best paper of the year).
30. K.V.Rajasekharan Nair, R.S. Chaudhary and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, On the dissolutionof 63/37
brass in aqueous ammonia containing copper and nitrate ions, J. Electrochem. Soc. India, 36 (1987)
151-156.
31. I.B.Singh, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and R.S. Chaudhary, On the corrosioncharacteristics of some
commercial metallic glasses in NaCl Solution, J. Mater. Sci., 22 (1987) 2723-2728.
32. DeoNath and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion of an aluminium alloy-mica particulatecomposite in
3.5% NaCl, Composites, 19 (1988) 237-243.
33. ReetaAgrawal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion of AISI 410 stainless steel in 1N H2SO4and its
inhibition, Bull, Electrochem, (India), 4, (1988) 427-431.
34. K.V.Rajasekharan Nair and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Influence of sulfate and chlorideions on
corrosion of63-37 brass in aqueous ammonia containing copper,Br.Corros. J., 23 (1988) 245-249.
35. DeoNath and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Some corrosion characteristics of aluminium-micaparticulate
composites, Corros. Sci. 29 (1989) 1251-1259.
36. R.S.Chaudhary, T.K.G. Namboodhiri, I.B. Singh and A. Kumar, Effect of Pyridineand its
derivatives on Corrosion of 0040, 2826 MB, and 2605-S-2 metallicglasses in Sulfuric acid solution at
25C, Br.Corros.J.24 (1989) 273-278.
37. ReetaAgrawal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, The inhibition of sulphuric acid corrosion of410 stainless
steel by thioureas, Corr. Sci., 30 (1990) 35-72.
38. R.S.Chaudhary, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and I.B. Singh, Electrochemical and AES studieson 0040,
2826 and 2826A metallic glasses in 3.5% NaCl solution, Bull. ofElectrochem (India),6 (1990) 859863.

39. K.Ravi, V. Ramaswamy and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Hydrogen Sulphide resistance ofhigh sulphur
micro alloyed steels, Mater. Sci. Eng., A129 (1990) 87-97.
40. D.N.Lal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, A model for the effect of mean stress on thethreshold condition
for fatigue crack propagation, Mater. Sci. Eng.,A 130 (1990) 37-49.
41. V.Singh, P.V.S.S. Raju, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and P. Rama Rao, Low cycle fatiguebehaviour of a
low alloy high strength steel, Int.J. Fatigue, 12(4) (1990)289-292.
42. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Corrosion fatigue, The Banaras Metallurgist, 11(1991) 25-39.
43. ReetaAgrawal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, The inhibition of Corrosion and hydrogenembrittlement
of AISI 410 stainless steel, J. Appl. Electrochem. 22 (1992)383-389.
44. R.Agrawal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Inhibition of corrosion and hydrogenembrittlement of a
HSLA steel in 1 N H2SO4 byaldehydes, J. Electrochem.Soc. India, 42(3) (1993) 149-158.(Best Paper
award)
45. K.Ravi, V. Ramaswamy and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Effect of Mo on the resistance toH2S of high
sulfur micro alloyed steels. Mater. Sci. Eng.,A 169 (1993) 111-118.
46. K.Ravi, V. Ramaswamy and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Role of non-metallic inclusions inheat-treated
steels for sour environment. Steels Research, 65(2) (1994) 71347. R.S.Dubey, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and S.N. Upadhyay, Microbiologically influencedcorrosion of
mild steel in cultures of sulphate reducing bacteria, Ind. J.Chem. Technol. 2(1995) 327-329.
48. ReetaAgrawal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Inhibition of corrosion and hydrogenembrittlement of a
HSLA steel in 1N H2SO4 by nitrilecompounds, J. Appl. Electrochem. , 27(1997) 1265-1274.
49. T.K. G. Namboodhiri, Erosion-Corrosion, The BanarasMetallurgist, 14 & 15, (1997) 172-185.
50. Amarnath,M. M. Singh and T. K. G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion of API X-52 grade line pipesteel in
sodium chloride media, Trans. SAEST, 35 (2000), 85-90
51. Amarnath,T. K. G. Namboodhiri, and S. N. Upadhyay, Flow-assisted corrosion of API X-52steel in
3. 5 % NaCl solution, Canadian J. of Chemical Engineering, 80(2002),456-464
52. Amarnathand T. K. G. Namboodhiri, Effect of cold rolling on the hydrogen-induceddelayed
failure of API X-52 line-pipe steel, Trans. Indian Inst. Metals, 55(2002), 25-30
53. G.Ananta Nagu, Amarnath and T. K. G. Namboodhiri, Effect of heat treatments onthe hydrogen
embrittlement susceptibility of API X-65 grade line-pipe steel,Bull. Mater. Sci. ,26 (2003)435-439
54. Amarnath,S. N. Upadhyay and T. K. G. Namboodhiri, Effect of thermal and
mechanicaltreatments on corrosion of API X-52 grade line-pipe steel in flowing 3. 5 %NaCl solution,
Indian J. Chem. Technol. , 10 (2003) 611-614
55. T.K. G. Namboodhiri, Synergism in Corrosion: Mechanically Assisted Corrosion,Trans. SAEST, 38
(2003 ) 143-147

Books
56.L. Nanis and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Analysis ofthe permeation technique for the study of hydrogen
entry into iron- base alloys,Stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement of iron-base
alloys, R.W.Staehle, J. Hochmann, J.E. Slater and R.D. McCright (Eds.), NationalAssociation of
Corrosion Engineers, Houston, 1977,pp. 432-444.
57.T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion of an amorphousNi4oCo20Cr12Mo6Fe16alloy, Chemistry and
Physics of rapidly solidified materials, B.J.Berkowitz and R.O. Scattergood (Eds.), The Metallurgical
Society of AIME, Warrendale, Pa.,1983, pp. 172-209.
58.T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Materials for a hydrogeneconomy, Materials for advanced energy systems,
G.S. Upadhyay (Ed.),Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1984, pp.1-9.
59.T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion resistance andapplications (of metallic glasses), Metallic glasses:
Production.Properties and Applications, T.R. Anantharaman (Ed.), Trans. Tech.Publications Ltd.,
Switzerland, 1984, pp. 203-224.
60.T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Environment assistedfracture of metallic glasses, Advances in fracture
research. S.R. Valluri et al. (Eds.), PergamonPress, Oxford,1984, Vol. 4, pp. 2751-2759.
61.T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion in metallicglasses, Metallic and Semi conducting Glasses III,
A.K.Bhatnagar (Ed.) Key Engineering Materials, 13-15, (1987) p.807.
62.I.B. Singh, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and R.S.Chaudhary, Effect of some anions on the corrosion
characteristics of Fe40N4oB2ometallic glass. Metallic and semi conducting Glasses III,
A.K.Bhatnagar(Ed.), Key Engineering Materials, 13-15 (1987) p.809.
63. DeoNath, T.K.G. Namboodhiri, A. Shanker and J.S. Srivastava. Wear of copper baseparticulate
composites, Wear resistance of metals and alloys, G.R.Kingsbury (Ed.), ASM International, (1988)
pp.81-88.
PublishedProceedings.
64. R.K.Gupta, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and P. Rama Rao, X -ray study of faulting in Ti-Alsolid solutions,
Symp. Materials Science Research, Bangalore, India,1970, pp.479-483.
65. T.K.G. Namboodhiri and L. Nanis, Hydrogen Permeation in iron and steel, 14thSeminar on
Electrochemistry, Karaikudi,India, 1973,pp.461-469.
66. M.P.R.Paniker, M.j. Nair, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and M.K. Mukherjee, Titanium alloydevelopment
for cryogenic systems, Seminar on titanium technology, Trivandrum, India, 1975, pp. 195-206.
67. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, George Thomas and M. K. Mukherjee, Applications of titanium inspace
programmes -a review, Seminar on titanium technology, Trivandrum, India,1975, pp. 321-355.
68. M.P.R.Paniker, G. Thomas, T.K.G. Namboodhiri, M.K. Mukherjee and M.j Nair,Aluminotherrnic
production of Ti-Al alloys, Symp. High temperature reactionsand processes, Surathkal,India
1976,pp.217-225.
69. M.K.Agarwal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion and dezincification of brasses inconcentrated

ammonia, Second National conference on corrosion and itscontrol, Calcutta, India, 1979, pp. 563582.
70. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Hydrogen embrittlement, National workshop on stress corrosioncracking,
Kalpakkam, India, 1980, pp. 121-166.
71. T.K.G.Namboodhiri and L. Nanis, Hydrogen trapping and embrittlement in 4340 steel,3rd Int.
Congress on hydrogen and materials, Paris, France, 1982, Vol. 1, pp.545-550.
72. T.B.Singh and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Effect of chromium addition to the corrodent oncorrosion of
an amorphous Ni40Co2oCrl2Mo6(F~B)16 alloy in 1N H2SO4 , Symposiumon advances in corrosion
control, Karaikudi,India, 1982,pp.2.17-2.24
73. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Environment assisted fracture of a Ni-Co base amorphous alloy,Symp. On
corrosion and its control in power and chemical industries, Baroda, India,1982, pp. vii-8-1 -vii-8-14.
74. R.S.Tripathi and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Effect of cold work on corrosion and dezincificationof
muntz metal in ammonia, 9th Int. Congress on metallic corrosion, Toronto, Canada,1984, Vol. 2, pp.
593-596.
75. P.Gupta, R.S. Chaudhary, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and B. Prakash, Inhibitive actionof some
mercaptans towards the corrosion and dezincification of 60/40, 63/37and 70/30 brasses in 13.4N
NH4OH, 9th Int. Congress on metalliccorrosion, Toronto, Canada, 1984, Vol.4, pp.139-143.
76. I.B.Singh, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and R.S. Chaudhary, Effect of alloying on thecorrosion behaviour
of Fe-Ni-B metallic glasses in NaCl, Int. Conf. oncorrosion science and technology (ICMS-85),
Calcutta, India, 1985, pp.121-130.
77. R.S.Tripathi and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Dezincification of Stressed brasses, Int.Conf. on corrosion
science and technology (ICMS-85), Calcutta, India, 1985,pp. 187-195.
78. I.B.Singh, R.D. K. Mishra, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and R.S. Chaudhary, Electrochemicaland AES
investigations of some metallic glasses in sulphuric acid solution,10th Int. Congress on metallic
corrosion (ICMR-87), Madras, India, 1987, Vol.1, pp. 651-665.
79. DeoNath, T.K.G. Namboodhiri, A. Shanker and P. K. Rohatgi, Tribologicalbehaviour of Al alloymica particle composite, Int.Conf. on the Tribology ofComposite materials, Oak Ridge,Tennessee,
USA,1990, ASM
80. R.S. Dubey, R. Sagar Dubey, T. K. G. Namboodhiri and S. N. Upadhyay, Control ofbiofilm
formation in marine environment using some N2O2donor schiff, Paper No. 220, CORROSION 97,
NACE, Houston, USA, pp. 1-11
81. R.S. Dubey, R. C. Mishra, T. K. G. Namboodhiri and S. N. Upadhyay, Isolation ofaerobic bacteria
and actinomycetes responsible for microbiologicallyinfluenced corrosion (MIC) from corroded
metals, Proc. National Symp. OnFrontiers in Appl. Environ. Microbiology. , 1997, Cochin, pp. 90-94.
82. T.K. G. Namboodhiri, Hydrogen damage of metallic materials and its prevention,Advances in
materials science and processes: A compilation of invitedlectures presented at the 53rd Annual
Technical Meetings of theIndian Institute of Metals, S. C. Koria and S. Saigal (eds.), November 1999,
Kanpur, pp. 163-180

83. T.K. G. Namboodhiri, Hydrogen embrittlement of metallic materials-some recentresults, Proc.

Int. Conf. Advances in Materials and Materials Processing, N.Chakraborti and U. K. Chatterjee (eds.
), February 2002, Tata-McGraw-Hill Co.New Delhi,pp. 131-138
B. Un-Published PapersPresented at Conferences/Symposia
1. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, C.J. McMahon, Jr. and H. Herman, Ordering kinetics in titaniumrich Ti-Al
alloys, Fall Meeting of the Metallurgical Society of AIME, 1969,Philadelphia, U.S.A.
2. GeorgeThomas, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and M.K. Mukherjee, Cold Work studies on Ti-6Al-4V, 27th
Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals, 1973,Varanasi.
3. P. Rama Rao, V.V. Kutumba Rao, T.K.G.Namboodhiri and Vakil Singh, Microstructure-mechanical
behaviour correlationsin some titanium alloys, Seminar on Aerospace Alloys and
FabricationTechnology, 1981, Bangalore.
4. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Hydrogen diffusion and trapping in cold worked iron and steel,36th Annual
Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals, 1982, Rourkela.
5. I.N.Bhattacharya, Reeta Agrawal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Effect of cold rolling onthe hydrogen
degradation of a Nb- V HSLA steel, 37th Annual Technical Meetingof the Indian Institute of Metals,
1983, Varanasi.
6. S.Vijayaraghavan, I.N. Bhattacharya and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Hydrogenembrittlement of a dualphase steel, 37th Annual Technical Meeting of TheIndian Institute of Metals, 1983, Varanasi.
7. ReetaAgrawal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Hydrogen embrittlement of AISI 410 stainlesssteel, 37th
Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals, 1983,Varanasi.
8. T.K.G.Namboodhiri (Invited lecture), Environment assisted cracking of metallicmaterials, Symp.
Corrosion and Its Prevention, 1984, Varanasi
9. ReetaAgrawal, I.N. Bhattacharya and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Hydrogen embrittlement ofa HSLA
steel, Sixth Int. Conference on Fracture (ICF-6), 1984, New Delhi.
10. J.Kurian,R.S. Chaudhary and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Hydrogen sulfide corrosion of HSLAsteel, Int.
Conference on Corrosion Science and Technology (ICMS-85), 1985, Calcutta.
11. I.N.Bhattacharya and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Hydrogen embrittlement of an as-rolleddual-phase
steel, 40th Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute ofMetals, 1986, Bombay.
12. DeoNath, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and Anand Shanker, Preparation and Properties ofmetal-mica
particulate composites for anti- friction applications, Int.Conference on Recent Advances in
Materials and Processes, 1987, Varanasi.
13. Amarnathand T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Hydrogen induced delayed fracture of a line-pipesteel, 41st
Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals, 1987,Trivandrum.
14. K.V. Rajasekharan Nair and T .K. G. Namboodhiri, Dezincification of a-brassesin ammonia, 41st
Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute, 1987,Trivandrum.

15. ReetaAgrawal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, thioureas as corrosion inhibitors for 410stainless steel in
H2SO4, Annual Technical Meeting ofthe Electrochem.Soc. India,1988, Bangalore.
16. A.Rajan and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Environment assisted fracture of an Al-Zn-Mgalloy, Annual
Technical Meeting of the Electrochemical Society of India,1989, Bangalore.
17. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Scanning electron microscopy in corrosion, Seminar on ScanningElectron
Microscopy, 1991, Varanasi.
18. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Hydrogen embrittlement of HSLA steels (Invited), Symp. onEmerging
Frontiers in Corrosion and Its Control 1992, Rohtak.
19. T.K.G.Namboodhiri and R. Agrawal, Effect of aldehydes on HSLA steel corrosion andhydrogen
embrittlement in H2SO4 , Symp on Emerging Frontiers in Corrosion andIts Control, 1992, Rohtak..
20. B.Ramesh Babu, S. Venkatakrishna Iyer and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion studieson mild steel
in alkaline solutions, 4th National Convention ofElectrochemists, 1993, Madras.
21. T.K.G.Namboodhiri (Invited lecture), Hydrogen embrittlement of some Indian HSLAsteels, Nat.
Sem. on Interfacial and Surface Phenomena in Metallurgy, 1993,Varanasi.
22. R.Agrawal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Inhibitive action of nitrogen compounds oncorrosion of
HSLA steels in 1N H2SO4 , Nat. Sem. onInterfacial and surface phenomena in Metallurgy, 1993,
Varanasi.
23. Amarnath and T.K.G. Namboodhiri,Erosion-corrosion behaviour of API X-52 grade line pipe steel
in marineatmosphere. Nat. Sem. on Interfacial and surface Phenomena in Metallurgy,1993,
Varanasi.
24. T.K.G. Namboodhiri and Vikrama Singh,Hydrogen Sulfide resistance of 9Cr-lMo steel, Nat. Sem.
on Interfacial andsurface phenomena in Metallurgy, 1993, Varanasi.
25. B.Ramesh Babu, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and S.V. Iyer. Hydrogen Permeation studies on mild steelin
alkaline solutions, Nat. Sem. on Interfacial and surface Phenomena inMetallurgy, 1993, Varanasi.
26. K.Kumar, R. Agrawal and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion behaviour of a magnesiumalloy in 0.1N
HCI, Nat. Sem. on Interfacial and Surface Phenomena inMetallurgy, 1993, Varanasi.
27. T.K.G.Namboodhiri and Deo Nath, Corrosion and wear of Al matrix particulatecomposites, Nat.
Sem. on Interfacial and Surface Phenomena in Metallurgy,1993, Varanasi.
28.Amarnath and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosion anderosion-corrosion behaviour of some micro
alloyed steels in 3.5% NaClsolution, 47th Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of
Metals,1993, Hyderabad.
29. .Chaitanya Bhanu, Pankaj Oberoi, Deo Nath and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Corrosionand wear of Al4.5% Cu-Pb composites, 47th Annual Technical Meeting of theIndian Institute of Metals, 1993,
Hyderabad.
30. B.Ramesh Babu, T .KG. Namboodhiri and S. V. Iyer, Influence of LiOH and Na2Son passivation of
mild steel in an alkaline battery electrolyte, 5th NationalConvention of Electrochemists, 1994, Delhi.

31. VikramaSingh and T.K.G. Namboodhiri, Effect of heat treatment on the H2Sresistance of 9Cr1Mo steel. 48th Annual Technical Meeting of the IndianInstitute of Metals, 1994, Ranchi
32. T.K.G.Namboodhiri, Corrosion of Al matrix particulate composites, 5th Int. Symp. onAdvances in
Electrochemical Science and Technology, 1994, Madras.
33. R.S.Dubey, R.C. Mishra, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and S.N. Upadhyay, Recovery of somemicro fungi
from the surface of corroded metals and their role inmicrobiologically influenced corrosion, First
National Conference onCorrosion and its control, 1995, Bombay.
34. R.S.Dubey, R.C. Mishra, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and S.N. Upadhyay, Isolation ofaerobic bacteria
and actinomycetes responsible for microbiologicallyinfluenced corrosion from corroded metals,
Frontiers in Applied EnvironmentalMicrobiology, 1995, Cochin.
35. R.S.Dubey, R.C. Mishra, T.K.G. Namboodhiri and S.N. Upadhyay, Microbiologicallyinfluenced
corrosion of metals by some micro fungi isolated from corrosionproducts, Sixth National Congress
on Corrosion Control, 1996, Calcutta.
36. T.K.G.Namboodhiri (Invited lecture), Organic corrosion inhibitors for HSLA steels,Int. Conf. on
Maintenance Inspection, corrosion, Metallurgy and PlantReliability, 1996, Vadodara.
37. T.K. G. Namboodhiri (Invited Lecture), Synergism in Corrosion: Mechanicallyassisted Corrosion,
Eighth National Congress on Corrosion Control, 1998, Kochi
38. T.K. G. Namboodhiri (Key note Lecture), Environmental degradation of MetallicMaterials, Int.
Conference on Metallurgical Technology, 1998, Varanasi
39. B.Ramesh Babu, P. Periasamy, S. V. Iyer and T. K. G. Namboodhiri, Effect oftemperature on the
corrosion behaviour of mild steel in alkaline battery electrolytecontaining LiOH and Na2S as
additives, 9th NationalCongress on Corrosion Control, 1999, Goa
40. B. Ramesh Babu, P. Periasamy, S. V. Iyer andT. K. G. Namboodhiri, Influence of LiOH and Na2S
on hydrogenpermeation through mild steel in concentrated alkaline solution, 9thNational Congress
on Corrosion Control, 1999, Goa.
41. B.Ramesh Babu, P. Periasamy, S. V. Iyer and T. K. G. Namboodhiri, Effect of Na2Son the
corrosion behaviour of mild steel in KOH solution, 9thNational Congress on Corrosion Control, 1999,
Goa
Industrial Consultancy
S. No.
Company
Year
Problem
1

Hero Cycle Company

March 1982
Corrosion of cycle rim
2
Hindalco, Renukoot
May 1985
Corrosion of spent liquor heater tubes of the aluminaplant
3
Sivanandha Steels, Ltd, Madras
December 1985
Hydrogen induced blister cracking and sulfide stresscorrosion cracking of steels
4
Fertilizer Corporation of India,Gorakhpur
April 1986
Testing of ammonia storage Horton Sphere steel
5
Renusagar Power Company, Renukoot
July 1987
Stress Corrosion cracking of turbine rotor shaft
6
District Industries Centre, Varanasi
July 1988
Standardization of copper based silver zeri
7
HINDALCO, Renukoot
September 1991

Failure analysis of heatertubes and pipes of the bauxite digester plant

8
Bharat Heavy Electricals, Ltd, Haridwar
October 1994
Failure analysis of bandage wire of the Korba Exciter
9
HINDALCO, Renukoot
January 1995
Effect of fluorine on the steel structures of pot rooms
10
Lift Irrigation Construction Division, U. P. Government,Varanasi
May 1995
Corrosive damage and life prediction of floating bargesat Bhupauli pump canal
11
HINDALCO, Renukoot
June 1995
Failure analysis of welded copper bars and wedge pot ofDavy cold mill
12
Misra Dhatu Nigam Ltd, Hyderabad
September 1995
Consultancy project on structure property correlationsin titanium alloy Titan 26 A
13
NTPC, Rihand Nagar, U. P.
March 1996
Failure analysis and life prediction of failed boilertubes
14

HINDALCO, Renukoot
June 1996
Failure analysis of Properzi belt
15
NTPC, Unchahar, U. P.
May 1996
Failure analysis of the main vertical shaft ofcoal-pulverizer Bowl Mill
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