Corrosion engineering

Corrosion engineering

The process of applying engineering science in the design and manufacturing of materials, structures and devices to manage and control corrosion.

Industry: Materials science

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Corrosion engineering

Stress raisers

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

Changes in contour or discontinuities in structure that cause local increases in stress.

Alclad

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

Composite wrought product comprised of an aluminium alloy core having on one or both surfaces a metallurgically bonded aluminium or aluminium alloy coating that is anodic to the core and thus ...

Tinning

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

Coating metal with a very thin layer of molten solder or brazing filler metal.

White liquor

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

Cooking liquor from the kraft pulping process produced by recausticizing green liquor with lime.

Vacuum deposition

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

Condensation of thin metal coatings on the cool surface of work in vacuum.

Molal solution

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

Concentration of a solution expressed in moles of solute divided by 1000 g of solvent.

Local action

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

Corrosion due to the action of "local cells," that is, galvanic cells resulting from inhomogeneities between adjacent areas on a metal surface exposed to an electrolyte.