UNSW Handbook Course - Corrosion Control

Corrosion Control - MATS1223


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Materials Science and Engineering
	Contact: Chan,Sammy Lap Ip
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 2
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

Description

Topics covered: cost of corrosion; basic principles and classifications of corrosion; thermodynamics of corrosion; electrode kinetics; passivity and pitting; atmospheric corrosion; corrosion in soil and biological corrosion; corrosion under stress; liquid erosion failure and liquid metal embrittlement; high temperature corrosion and oxidation; designing against corrosion.

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