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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Eutectoid

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

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

biological corrosion

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

Deterioration of metals as a result of the metabolic activity of microorganisms.

Galvanic couple

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

A pair of dissimilar conductors, commonly metals, in electrical contact. See also galvanic corrosion.

Poultice corrosion

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

A term used in the automotive industry to describe the corrosion of vehicle body parts due to the collection of road salts and debris on ledges and in pockets that are kept moist by weather and ...

Absorption

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

A process in which Quid molecules are taken up by a liquid or solid and distributed throughout the body of that liquid or solid. Compare with adsorption. .

Banded structure

Materials science; Corrosion engineering

A segregated structure consisting of alternating nearly parallel bands of different composition, typically aligned in the direction of primary hot working.

A compound of iron and carbon, known chemically as iron carbide and having the approximate chemical formula Fe3C. It is characterised by an orthorhombic crystal structure. When it occurs as a phase ...