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Corrosion and Protection of Materials

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Description

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.

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Crédits ECTS

9

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Langue d'enseignement

italiano

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Langue d'examen

italiano

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Langue des supports pédagogiques

italiano

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Acquis d'apprentissage fondamentaux

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Entité de gestion (faculté)

Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (UNICAS)

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