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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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Valence
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A positive number that characterises the combining power of an element for other elements, as measured by the number of bonds to other atoms that one atom of the given element forms upon chemical ...
Alligatoring
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
(1) Pronounced wide cracking over the entire surface of a coating having the appearance of alligator hide. (2) The longitudinal splitting of flat slabs in a plane parallel to the rolled surface. ...
Quench hardening
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
(1) Hardening suitable alloys (most often certain copper or titanium alloys) by solution treating and quenching to develop a martensite-like structure. (2) In ferrous alloys, hardening by ...
Parts per million
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A measure of proportion by weight, equivalent to one unit weight of a material per million (10 6 ) unit weights of compound. One part per million is equivalent to l mg/g.
Pearlite
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A metastable lamellar aggregate of ferrite and cementite resulting from the transformation of austenite at temperatures above the bainite range.
Oxidising agent
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A compound that causes oxidation, thereby itself being reduced.
Alkaline cleaner
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A material blended from alkali hydroxides and such alkaline salts as borates, carbonates, phosphates, or silicates. The cleaning action may be enhanced by the addition of surface-active agents and ...
