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Corrosion and Protection

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Course Description

Detail access, review and analysis of corrosion damages of structural materials and modern technology of corrosion protection.

Study Programmes

undergraduate
Technical Support - course
(7. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. identify the corrosion damages of structural materials
  2. know the corrosion properties of major structure materials
  3. know the corrosion protection methodes
  4. know to apply the modern corrosion protection methods
  5. know to apply corrosion inhibitors for corrosion protection of army equipment
  6. know the corrosion testing methods

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Exercises

Independent assignments

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Lectures: Chemical and electrochemical damages. Corrosion environments. Seminar: Reviews and analysis corrosion damages with chemical and electrochemical corrosion.
  2. Lectures: Phenomena of corrosion damages. Seminar: Review and analysis samples different structural materials.
  3. Lectures: Corrosion testing. Review, test methods, standards. Seminar: Visit to the laboratory for corrosion testing.
  4. Lectures: Corrosion testing in salt spray chamber. Corrosion testing in humidity chamber. Seminar: Preparation samples for corrosion testing in salt and humidity chamber.
  5. Lectures: Pitting corrosion . testing, standards. Intergranular corrosion. Seminar: Preparation of samples and pitting corrosion testing.
  6. Lectures: Bimetallic corrosion, testing, standards. Stress corrosion , testing, standards. Seminar: Preparation samples for bimetallic and intergranular corrosion testing.
  7. Lectures: Other types corrosion - selective corrosion, erosion corrosion, cavitation corrosion- testing-standards. Seminar: Preparation samples for corrosion testing.
  8. Lectures: Electrochemical methods of corrosion testing. Seminar: Preparation samples for electrochemical corrosion testing.
  9. Lectures: Protection with coatings systems. Principles, division of coating, application. Systems of corrosion protection. Seminar: Types of coatings witch are used in technology of corrosion protection.
  10. Lectures: Metallic coatings. Seminar: Preparation samples and application of metallic coatings in laboratory. Hot dip galvanizing.
  11. Lectures: Coatings corrosion protection. Shop primer. Seminar: Practical review of coating thickness measurement.
  12. Lectures: Corrosion protection by changing the environment. Corrosion inhibitors. Seminar: Review of different methods in corrosion protection by changing the environment. Corrosion inhibitors.
  13. Lectures: Electrochemical methods of corrosion protection. Seminar: Preparation samples and cathodic protection.
  14. Lectures: Corrosion protection by material selection. Seminar: Review of corrosion resistance of modern structural materials.
  15. Lectures: Corrosion protection by proper structural design. Seminar: Analysis and review structural results.

Literature

Ivan Juraga, Vesna Alar, Ivan Stojanović (2014.), Korozija i zaštita premazima, Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje
I. Esih (2003.), Osnove površinske zaštite, FSB, Zagreb,
(2003.), Corrosion: Fundamentals, Testing, and Protection, ASM Handbook Vol. 13,, ASM International, Ohao, USA
D.A. Jones: (1996.), Principles and prevention of corrosion, Principles and prevention of corrosion

For students

General

ID 282196
  Winter semester
4.0 ECTS
L0 English Level
L1 e-Learning
30 Lectures
15 Exercises