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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Physical vapour deposition

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

A coating process whereby the cleaned and masked component to be coated is heated and rotated on a spindle above the streaming vapour generated by melting and evaporating a coating material source ...

Polarisation

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

(1) The change from the open-circuit electrode potential as the result of the passage of current. (2) A change in the potential of an electrode during electrolysis, such that the potential of an ...

Wetting

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

A condition in which the interfacial tension between a liquid and a solid is such that the contact angle is 0 to 90 degrees.

Immunity

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

A state of resistance to corrosion or anodic dissolution of a metal caused by thermodynamic stability of the metal.

Reference electrode

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

A nonpolarizable electrode with a known and highly reproducible potential used for potentiometric and voltammetric analyses. See also calomel electrode.

Eutectic

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

(1) An isothermal reversible reaction in which a liquid solution is converted into two or more intimately mixed solids on cooling, the number of solids formed being the same as the number of ...