Corrosion engineering

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Corrosion engineering is an engineering specialty that applies
scientific, technical, engineering skills, and knowledge of
natural laws and physical resources to design and implement
materials, structures, devices, systems, and procedures to manage
corrosion.[1] From a holistic perspective, corrosion is the
phenomenon of metals returning to the state they are found in
nature.[2] The driving force that causes metals to corrode is a
consequence of their temporary existence in metallic form. To
produce metals starting from naturally occurring minerals and
ores, it is necessary to provide a certain amount of energy, e.g.
Iron ore in a blast furnace. It is therefore thermodynamically
inevitable that these metals when exposed to various environments
would revert to their state found in nature.[3] Corrosion and
corrosion engineering thus involves a study of chemical kinetics,
thermodynamics, electrochemistry and materials science.

Contents
1 General background
2 Corrosion costs
3 Corrosion engineering and corrosion societies and
associations
4 Notable contributors to the field
5 Types of corrosion situations
5.1 External corrosion
5.1.1 Underground soil side corrosion
5.1.2 Underwater external corrosion
5.1.3 Atmospheric corrosion
5.1.4 Splash zone and water spray corrosion
5.1.5 Pipeline corrosion
5.1.6 Corrosion in the petrochemical industry
5.1.7 Corrosion in ballast tanks
5.1.8 Corrosion in the railway industry
5.1.9 Galvanic corrosion
5.1.10 Pitting corrosion
5.1.11 Crevice corrosion
5.1.12 Stress corrosion cracking
5.1.13 Filiform Corrosion
5.1.14 Corrosion fatigue
5.1.15 Selective leaching
5.1.16 Microbial corrosion
5.1.17 Hydrogen damage
5.1.18 Erosion corrosion
5.1.19 Hydrogen embrittlement
5.1.20 High temperature corrosion
5.2 Internal corrosion
6 Good design to prevent corrosion situations
7 Material selection to prevent corrosion situations
8 Controlling the environment to prevent corrosion situations
9 Use of corrosion inhibitors to prevent corrosion
10 Use of coatings to prevent corrosion
11 See also
12 References
13 Further reading
General background
Generally related to metallurgy or materials science, corrosion
engineering also relates to non-metallics including ceramics,
cement, composite material, and conductive materials such as
carbon and graphite. Corrosion engineers often manage other not-
strictly-corrosion processes including (but not restricted to)
cracking, brittle fracture, crazing, fretting, erosion, and more
typically categorized as Infrastructure asset management. In the
1990s, Imperial College London even offered a Master of Science
degree entitled "The Corrosion of Engineering Materials".[4]
UMIST – University of Manchester Institute of Science and
Technology and now part of the University of Manchester also
offered a similar course. Corrosion Engineering master's degree
courses are available worldwide and the curricula contain study
material about the control and understanding of corrosion. Ohio
State University has a corrosion center named after one of the
more well known corrosion engineers Mars G Fontana.[5]