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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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Wetting agent
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid, thereby causing it to spread more readily on a solid surface.
Chemical conversion coating
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A protective or decorative nonmetallic coating produced in silo by chemical reaction of a metal with a chosen environment. It is often used to prepare the surface prior to the application of an ...
Stress-intensity factor
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A scaling factor, usually denoted by the symbol K, used in linear-elastic fracture mechanics to describe the intensification of applied stress at the tip of a crack of known size and shape. At the ...
Galvanic cell
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A cell in which chemical change is the source of electrical energy. It usually consists of two dissimilar conductors in contact with each other and with an electrolyte. or of two similar conductors ...
Chromate treatment
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A treatment of metal in a solution of a hexavalent chromium compound to produce a conversion coating consisting of trivalent and hexavalent chromium compounds.
Annealing
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A generic term denoting a treatment. consisting of heating to and holding at a suitable temperature, followed by cooling at a suitable rate, used primarily to soften metallic materials, but also to ...
Transition metal
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A metal in which the available electron energy levels are occupied in such away that the d-band contains less than its maximum number of ten electrons per atom, for example, iron, cobalt, nickel, and ...
