Modelling Aqueous Corrosion: From Individual Pits to System Management

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Manadon, Plymouth, U.K., September 6-8, 1993 edited by Kenneth R. Threthewey,and Pierre R. Roberge

NATO SCIENCE SERIES: E : 266 April 1994 Hardbound 476 pp. ISBN 0-7923-2820-5

All significant studies agree that aqueous corrosion continues to cost nations dearly in almost every area of technological endeavor. Over the past ten years, microcomputers have facilitated an explosion in the power of modeling as a technique in science and engineering. In corrosion they have enabled better understanding of polarization curves, they have transformed the scope of electrochemical impedance measurements and they have placed a large range of electrochemistry at the fingertips of the corrosion scientist.

This book focuses on the models, rather than the computing, which have been made possible during the past decade. Aimed at all those with an interest in corrosion and its control, the book draws together the range of new modeling strands, suggests new avenues of approach and generates further momentum for improvements to corrosion management, whether by increased understanding of atomistic processes or by control of large plant.

• Protectiveness of corrosion layers by J.-L. Crolet
• Mathematical modelling of localized corrosion by A. Turnbull
• Modelling corrosion in nuclear systems by P. Berge
• Modelling the adsorption of organic corrosion inhibitors on metal surfaces by R. Raicheff, I. Betova, M. Bojinov, E. Lazarova.
• The use of acoustic emission for the study and monitoring of localized corrosion phenomena by H. Mazille, R. Rothea
• Expert systems for corrosion prevention and control by P. R. Roberge.
• Anodic dissolution of metal coated by a formed salt film by B. Tribollet
• The respective effects of passive films and nonmetallic inclusions on the pitting resistance of stainless steels --consequences on the pre-pitting noise and the anodic current transients by B. Baroux, D. Gorse
• Modeling the corrosion of zirconium alloys in nuclear reactors cooled by high temperature water by B. Cox
• Modeling procedures for predicting the lifetimes of nuclear waste containers by D.W. Shoesmith, B.M. Ikeda, F. King
• Mechanism of stress corrosion cracking and corrosion fatigue of precipitation hardening aluminium alloys by H. Friedrich, H. Killian, G.Knörnschild, H. Kaesche
• Medium aggressivity and inhibitive species in pitting corrosion and stainless steels by C. Lemaitre
• Modeling the capacitive behavior of the passive film by R. Oltra, P. Bucaille, M. Indrianjafy
• Relationship between modelled turbulence parameters and corrosion product film stability in disturbed single-phase aqueous flow by J. Postlethwaite, Y. Wang, G. Adamopoulos, S. Nesic
• Modelling of CO2 corrosion mechanisms by S. Nesic, J. Postlethwaite
• Factors affecting the corrosion resistance of materials under irradiation in the early stage of growth of the passive films by D. Gorse
• Modelling of electrochemical noise due to the activation-controlled dissolution of metals by R.A. Cottis
• A systematic approach to the design of warship impressed current cathodic protection systems by D.J. Tighe-Ford
• Eliciting corrosion knowledge through the fault-tree eyeglass by P.R. Roberge
• New methods of quantitative analysis of localized corrosion using scanning electrochemical probes by K.R. Trethewey, D.A. Sargeant, D.J. Marsch, S. Haines
• Towards improved quantitative characterization of corroding surfaces using fractal models by K.R. Trethewey, P.R. Roberge

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