Lectures:
- Review of key terminology and knowledge from the course "basics of metal corrosion",
influence of corrosion on the durability and reliability of products and equipment, economic and
environmental concerns.
- Electrochemical corrosion of metallic materials, the theory of coupled reactions,
polarization and depolarization processes, internal and external factors in the corrosion of
materials, corrosion diagrams.
- Corrosion and corrosion protection of technically important metals and alloys (Fe, Ni, Cu,
Al, Mg, Ti), E-pH diagrams, corrosion rate, metallographic evaluation of
corrosion attack.
- Creating and applying metallic coatings, electrochemical plating, diffusion
layers.
- Cathodic protection, the issue of protection of storage devices (pipes), stray currents;
isolation.
- Influence of environment on the degradation of plastics (water absorption, oxidation, embrittlement, chemical reactions).
- Corrosion of concrete, basic types, corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete, protection of
constructions.
- Technology of protective coating systems, evaluating their properties.
- Chemical corrosion in special environments (organic liquids), the oxidation in gases at
higher temperature and corrosion-resistant (refractory) materials, the effects of reducing atmospheres, hydrogen embrittlement and cracking.
- Thermal Spraying and their industrial applications, principles, additional materials,
used equipment, properties and testing of coatings, coating thickness determination
and layers.
- Modern technology, application of protective coatings - PVD, CVD, plasma
supported methods, ion implantation, nanotechnology.
- Testing of corrosion protection according to ISO, EN, ASTM, selected methods.
- Operational tests and monitoring of corrosion, direct and indirect methods,
non-destructive testing, examples of damaged equipment, knowledge and experience
from practice.
- Use standards, tables, spreadsheets, databases and computer programs for solving corrosion
problems and corrosion protection.
Exercise:
- Introduction, literature, work safety in the laboratory corrosion.
- Basics of electrochemistry: electrode potential, Faraday's law - theory,
calculations
- E-pH diagrams (Pourbaix) - calculation, design examples. Entering seminary
work.
- Determination of corrosion rate (Zn), volume of released hydrogen .
- Influence of some factors on the size of the active aluminum surface with protective layer.
- Corrosion inhibitors, determination of effective inhibitors. Exposure tests salt spray test.
- Galvanic plating - nickel coating, measurement of thickness.
- Paints and their testing systems. Selected tests of corrosion protection quality .
- Electrochemical methods of corrosion testing, measurement and evaluation of polarization curves.
- Local corrosion types: pitting, and crevice corrosion, stress corrosion cracking - experimental work.
- Intergranular corrosion: exposition, immersion and electrochemical tests (EPR).
- Films and videos with the issue of corrosion and corrosion protection
- Presentation of seminar papers.
- Credite exercise
- Review of key terminology and knowledge from the course "basics of metal corrosion",
influence of corrosion on the durability and reliability of products and equipment, economic and
environmental concerns.
- Electrochemical corrosion of metallic materials, the theory of coupled reactions,
polarization and depolarization processes, internal and external factors in the corrosion of
materials, corrosion diagrams.
- Corrosion and corrosion protection of technically important metals and alloys (Fe, Ni, Cu,
Al, Mg, Ti), E-pH diagrams, corrosion rate, metallographic evaluation of
corrosion attack.
- Creating and applying metallic coatings, electrochemical plating, diffusion
layers.
- Cathodic protection, the issue of protection of storage devices (pipes), stray currents;
isolation.
- Influence of environment on the degradation of plastics (water absorption, oxidation, embrittlement, chemical reactions).
- Corrosion of concrete, basic types, corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete, protection of
constructions.
- Technology of protective coating systems, evaluating their properties.
- Chemical corrosion in special environments (organic liquids), the oxidation in gases at
higher temperature and corrosion-resistant (refractory) materials, the effects of reducing atmospheres, hydrogen embrittlement and cracking.
- Thermal Spraying and their industrial applications, principles, additional materials,
used equipment, properties and testing of coatings, coating thickness determination
and layers.
- Modern technology, application of protective coatings - PVD, CVD, plasma
supported methods, ion implantation, nanotechnology.
- Testing of corrosion protection according to ISO, EN, ASTM, selected methods.
- Operational tests and monitoring of corrosion, direct and indirect methods,
non-destructive testing, examples of damaged equipment, knowledge and experience
from practice.
- Use standards, tables, spreadsheets, databases and computer programs for solving corrosion
problems and corrosion protection.
Exercise:
- Introduction, literature, work safety in the laboratory corrosion.
- Basics of electrochemistry: electrode potential, Faraday's law - theory,
calculations
- E-pH diagrams (Pourbaix) - calculation, design examples. Entering seminary
work.
- Determination of corrosion rate (Zn), volume of released hydrogen .
- Influence of some factors on the size of the active aluminum surface with protective layer.
- Corrosion inhibitors, determination of effective inhibitors. Exposure tests salt spray test.
- Galvanic plating - nickel coating, measurement of thickness.
- Paints and their testing systems. Selected tests of corrosion protection quality .
- Electrochemical methods of corrosion testing, measurement and evaluation of polarization curves.
- Local corrosion types: pitting, and crevice corrosion, stress corrosion cracking - experimental work.
- Intergranular corrosion: exposition, immersion and electrochemical tests (EPR).
- Films and videos with the issue of corrosion and corrosion protection
- Presentation of seminar papers.
- Credite exercise