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- Corrosion and Protection of Materials
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31421
- Description
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Course Program
1.
- Costs of Corrosion.
- Measurement of Corrosion: Rate and Intensity of Corrosion.
- Electrochemistry Fundamentals: Anode, Cathode, and Electrochemical Potential.
- Red-Ox Potential Series.
- Thermodynamics of Corrosion: Pourbaix Diagrams.
- Kinetics of Corrosion: Faraday's Laws; Electrode Polarization Phenomena and Overpotential.
- Butler-Volmer Equation and its Approximated Forms.
- Evans Diagrams.
- Mixed Potential Theory and Corrosion Potential.
- Measurement of Corrosion Potential.
2.
- Corrosion Morphology: Uniform Corrosion and Measurement of Uniform;
- Corrosion Rate with Gravimetric Techniques and Electrochemical Techniques.
- Forms of Localized Corrosion: Galvanic Corrosion, Crevice Corrosion, Pitting Corrosion, Intergranular Corrosion, Dealloying.
- Stress Corrosion.
3.
- Corrosion in Natural Environments: Fresh Water, Sea Water, Soil, Atmosphere.
- High-Temperature Oxidation: Ellingham Diagrams.
- Active and Passive Protection Methods against Corrosion.
- Cathodic Protection: Operating Principles and Usable Systems: Galvanic Anodes and Impressed Currents.
- Design of Cathodic Protection Systems. Monitoring of Cathodic Protection.
4.
- Anodic Protection: Operating Principle and Application Issues.
- Corrosion Protection through Protective Layers.
- Metallic Coatings through Electrodeposition, Chemical Reduction, and Hot-Dip Coating.
- Non-Metallic Inorganic Coatings: Conversion Layers. Organic Coatings. Corrosion Inhibitors.
- ECTS credits
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9
- Teaching Language
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italiano
- Exam Language
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italiano
- Support Materials Language
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italiano
- Basic Learning Outcomes
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- Managing Entity (faculty)
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Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (UNICAS)
