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COURSE OBJECTIVE
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INTRODUCTION
Significance of Corrosion
Cost of Corrosion
Definitions
Forms of Corrosion
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HOW CORROSION IS DEFINED ?
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IMPACT OF CORROSION RISKS
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COSTS OF CORROSION
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DIRECT COSTS
1. Maintenance
2. Labor
3. Replacement
4. Prevention
5. Resistant Materials
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INDIRECT COSTS
1. Plant downtime
2. Loss of product
3. Reduced efficiency
4. Contamination
5. Over-design
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RECOVERABLE COSTS
1. R&D
2. Technology transfer
3. Deferred maintenance
4. Environmental modification
5. Material selection
6. Performance requirements
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What is Chemical Reaction
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What is Electrochemical Reaction
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Corrosion Cell
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3. Electron path
1. Anode
2. Cathode
4. Electrolyte
METAL DISSOLUTION
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Conditions required to establish anode
and cathode
• Dissimilar metal corrosion cell
• Dissimilar environment
• Differential aeration cell
• New portion and old portion
• Mill scale
• Others
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The electrolytic corrosion of pearlite
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Basic Corrosion Cell
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Common Cathodic Reactions
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GALVANIC / EMF SERIES IN SEAWATER
Reduction
Noble
Active
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The conventional direction of current is
opposite to that in electron flow
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Corrosion caused by a mixture
of different soils
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Corrosion caused by a mixture
of different soils
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Corrosion from differential aeration
)Arrows indicate direction of current flow(
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ANODIC
POLARIZATION
Polarization
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PASSIVITY
Transpassive
Passive 24
UNIFORM CORROSION
Metal dissolution
Anode Cathode
Crevice
Localized penetration
H + H = H2
IGC
Zn
Cu rich
Dezincification
Ti
Passivity Polarization
Potential
Fe
Ecorr (+ Fe3+)
(+)
W = weight (mg)
D = density (gm/cm3)
A = area (in2)
T = time (hrs)
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COMPARISON OF CORROSION RATES
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CORROSION TEST OBJECTIVES
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