This course presents the fundamental principles of corrosion with applied examples and emphasis on metals in aqueous environments. The main topics considered are: Basics of electrochemistry and charged interfaces; thermodynamics and Pourbaix diagrams; electrochemical kinetics; corrosion measurements; passivity; localized corrosion; high temperature oxidation; microscopy in corrosion analysis.
This course presents the fundamental principles of corrosion with applied examples and emphasis on metals in aqueous environments. The main topics considered are: Basics of electrochemistry and charged interfaces; thermodynamics and Pourbaix diagrams; electrochemical kinetics; corrosion measurements; passivity; localized corrosion; high temperature oxidation; microscopy in corrosion analysis.
