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.

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Corrosion engineering

Slow strain rate technique

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

An experimental technique for evaluating susceptibility to stress-corrosion cracking. It involves pulling the specimen to failure in uniaxial tension at a controlled slow strain rate while the ...

Strain hardening

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

An increase in hardness and strength caused by plastic deformation at temperatures below the recrystallization range.

Galvanostatic

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

An experimental technique where by an electrode is maintained at a constant current in an electrolyte.

Anion

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

An ion or radical which is attracted to the anode because of the negative charge. See also cation and ion.

Caustic embrittlement

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

An obsolete historical term denoting a form of stress-corrosion cracking most frequently encountered in carbon steels or iron-chromium-nickel alloys that are exposed to concentrated hydroxide ...

Ammeter

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

An instrument for measuring the magnitude of electric current flow.

Potentiostat

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

An instrument for automatically maintaining an electrode in an electrolyte at a constant potential or controlled potentials with respect to a suitable reference electrode.