Corrosion Short Courses: Materials Selection & Corrosion

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Materials Selection and Corrosion

Course Overview

Proper selection of materials and design are most effective in cutting the cost of corrosion and achieving low cost reliability as corrosion can be designed out of the system. It is always easier and cheaper to erase lines on a drawing than to repair or replace failed equipment or components in service. The theme throughout the course is how to put the right material in the right place in the right way. Practical rules in selection of materials and design guidelines against many different types of corrosion will be presented. Numerous case histories of real-life problems and practical solutions will be discussed.

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

Course Outline

1 Corrosion & Society
   1.1 The economic, social, political and environmental impacts
   1.2 Liabilities due to corrosion
   1.3 Lessons of history

2. Basic Concepts in Corrosion
    2.1 Terminologies and conventions
    2.2 Why do metals corrode
    2.3 How do metals corrode

3. Different Types of Corrosion: Mechanisms, Recognition & Prevention
   3.1   Uniform corrosion
   3.2   Galvanic corrosion
   3.3   Dealloying and graphitization (graphitic corrosion)
   3.4   Intergranular stress corrosion cracking, weld decay and knife-line attack
   3.5   Exfoliation
   3.6   Crevice corrosion
   3.7   Filiform corrosion
   3.8   Pitting corrosion
   3.9   Microbiologically-Influenced Corrosion (MIC)
   3.10 Environment-sensitive cracking
   3.11 Hydrogen Damage
   3.12 Corrosion fatigue
   3.13 Fretting corrosion
   3.14 Erosion corrosion, impingement attack and cavitation damage
   3.15 Stray current corrosion

4. Materials Selection Overview
    4.1 General classification of materials
    4.2 The engineering requirements of materials
    4.3 Some guidelines for materials selection
    4.4 The natural matching of a material with an environment
    4.5 Case studies: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

5. Corrosion Resistance of Common Metals and Alloys
    5.1 Steels and Cast Irons
    5.2 Stainless Steels and Alloys
    5.3 Nickel and Its Alloys
    5.4 Aluminum and Its Alloys
    5.5 Copper and Its Alloys
    5.6 Zinc and Its Alloys
    5.7 Tin and Tinplate
    5.8 Titanium and Its Alloys

6. Design Against Corrosion
    6.1 Good design practice for corrosion prevention
    6.5 How can different forms of corrosion be designed out of the system

Who Should Attend

This 2-day corrosion short course 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 corrosion prevention through materials selection and design.

Registration for This Corrosion Course

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In-House Training Corrosion Courses

If you are concerned with corrosion in your business, in-house training is a great solution to train a group of employees from design, production, operation, quality assurance, inspection and maintenance, and technical sales and support on corrosion control and corrosion prevention technology. The contents of all corrosion courses can be customized to fit your organization's needs.

There is no minimum or maximum number of participants required for in-house training corrosion courses. We conduct the in-house training corrosion course at your company's premises and at a time convenient to your company. Requests for in-house training corrosion courses from overseas countries are also welcome.

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Corrosion Course-On-Demand

All our publicly scheduled corrosion short courses are conducted once a year. However, you do not need to wait for one year if you have missed any of the publicly scheduled corrosion courses as we have this unique corrosion course-on-demand scheme: we will conduct the course just for you on an one-on-one basis at a time and in a location convenient to you. This option costs significantly less than a full-scale in-house training program.

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Online and Distance Learning Corrosion Courses

All corrosion courses can be conducted through online or distance learning. An username and password will be emailed to course participants for accessing the online course materials. Alternatively, a CD-ROM containing the same online course material or a master hard copy of corrosion course notes can be sent to your organization. Instructions, course assignments, discussions and questions related to the corrosion courses are posted on the website. Free email support for online courses is provided for a period up to 12 months. A Certificate of Completion will be issued to participants who pass the online test with a score of 70% and above.

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PowerPoint Slides and Test Banks for Trainers, Instructors, Tutors, University Lecturers and Professors

If you are involved in teaching corrosion courses, you may wish to purchase a complete set of 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). These ready-to-use corrosion PowerPoint slides contain high quality color photographs, illustrations, animations and video clips. They can also be easily edited and customized to your own styles. The corrosion test banks contain over 1,000 corrosion questions for your use in tutorials, 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 and open-ended discussions).

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