Corrosion Testing and Monitoring Made Easy
- Techniques and Practical Applications (3 days)

Course Overview                                                                                   (Online Registration)

The enormous cost of corrosion to industry can be significantly reduced through effective corrosion testing and monitoring. This corrosion short course aims to present to the technologists and engineers a dozen of corrosion testing and monitoring techniques that can be used to solve many of their most tedious and persistent corrosion problems. The corrosion course will provide the participants with a thorough understanding of the basic principles and the practical applications of some simple yet powerful techniques in corrosion testing and monitoring. For each technique, a step by step guide for performing the corrosion measurements will be described. This 2-day course (3-days with lab) provides an excellent avenue for corrosion practitioners, researchers, designers, technical managers, inspection and maintenance engineers, quality control personnel and those involved in failure analysis to update their appreciation of modern techniques for corrosion testing and monitoring.

This corrosion short course can be taken as in-house training course, online course and distance learning course worldwide. It can also be customized to meet the specific needs of your organization.

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This corrosion short course covers a wide range of testing and monitoring techniques from conventional weight loss coupons, ER and LPR to advanced electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for routine applications such as rapid screening of corrosion inhibitors, materials selection, failure analysis, corrosion rate measurement, life prediction, evaluation of paints, coatings, electroplating, on-line monitoring of industrial processes, determination of resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion, and the degree of sensitization of stainless steels and alloys.

 1.  Basics of Corrosion Measurements

       1.1   corrosion and society
       1.2   the need for corrosion testing and monitoring
       1.3   terminology and conventions
       1.4   the nature of corrosion process
       1.5   classification of corrosion test
       1.6   electrochemistry and corrosion

 2.  Corrosion Testing and Monitoring Techniques

       2.1   technique No.1: weight loss coupon
       2.2   technique No.2: electrical resistance (ER)
       2.3   technique No.3: linear polarisation resistance (LPR)
       2.4   technique No.4: Tafel polarisation
       2.5   technique No.5: potentiodynamic anodic polarisation
       2.6   technique No.6: potentiostatic polarisation
       2.7   technique No.7: cyclic polarisation for pitting test
       2.8   technique No.8: Electrochemical potentiokinetic
               reactivation (EPR) for sensitisation test
       2.9   technique No.9: ZRA for galvanic corrosion of
               welded structures/components
       2.10 technique No.10: electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
       2.11 technique No.11: electrochemical noise
       2.12 technique No.12: hydrogen monitoring

3.  On-Line Corrosion Monitoring

      3.1   why use on-line corrosion monitoring
      3.2   direct methods of on-line corrosion monitoring
      3.3   on-line monitoring system components and functions
      3.4   principle on-line corrosion monitoring methods
      3.5   where & when to use it
      3.6   how much does it cost        

4.  Applications of Corrosion Testing and Monitoring Techniques

      4.1   quality control, performance evaluation and process optimization of
              plating bath in lectroplating and electroless plating       
      4.2   quality control, performance evaluation and process optimization in
              chromating and anodizing operations
      4.3   impedance and admittance measurements on
              anodized aluminum/magnesium alloys
      4.4   performance evaluation, equivalent circuit modeling and
              life-prediction of organic coatings, paints
      4.5   determining the effect of surface preparation, optimal thickness,
              edge effect, delamination
      4.6   condition assessment of coating systems after
              thermal shock, seawater flooding etc.
      4.7   corrosion resistance of  Metal-Matrix Composite
      4.8   corrosion inhibitor: efficiency, selection and screening
      4.9   on-site corrosion measurements for bridges, water tanks, buildings,
              lampposts and other structures
 

All corrosion courses can be conducted at any time for you as in-house training courses or distance-learning courses. There is no minimum or maximum number of participants required for each course. Public corrosion short courses, seminars and workshops are also conducted regularly. If you are concerned with corrosion in your business, in-house training is a great solution to train a group of employees from Production, Quality Assurance, Inspection & Maintenance, and Technical Sales & Support on corrosion control & corrosion prevention technology. Contents of all corrosion courses can be customized to fit your organization's needs. Requests for in-house training courses, online courses & distance learning courses from overseas countries are also welcome. Click here for course registration online.
 

All corrosion courses can be conducted through online or distance learning. A master hard copy of corrosion course notes can be mailed to your organization or a password may be issued to course participants for accessing the online course materials. Instructions, course assignments, discussions and questions related to the corrosion courses are posted to the website or exchanged through email for a period up to 12 months. Click here for course registration online.

If you are involved in teaching corrosion courses, you may wish to purchase a complete set of the PowerPoint slides and the computerized test banks (in MicroTest format) with solutions. These presentations are suitable for teaching corrosion courses at different levels (from undergraduate to postgraduate) and durations (from 6 hrs to 40 hrs). The PowerPoint slides can be easily edited and customized to your own styles. The test bank contains over 1,000 questions for your use in tutorials, quizzes, tests or examinations. These questions are conveniently grouped into 4 categories in the test bank: (1) true or false, (2) multiple choice, (3) calculation, and (4) reasoning & open-ended discussions).  If you need more information, please contact Corrosion Clinic.

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