Corrosion Short Courses: Corrosion Control & Prevention for Conservators and Curators,presented by NACE certified Corrosion Specialist , WebCorr Corrosion Consulting Services.

Corrosion Control and Prevention for Conservators & Curators

Course Overview

Preserving the national heritage and cultural assets is a challenge to conservators and curators worldwide. This corrosion course systematically and thoroughly covers the basic theory of corrosion and the practice of corrosion control and prevention for conservators and curators.

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.

Course Outline

1 Corrosion & Cultural Heritage
   1.1 Corrosion: What it is
   1.2 Corrosion: its impacts on cultural heritage
   1.3 Basic concepts related to corrosion
   1.4 Why does a metal corrode
   1.5 How does a metal corrode

2 Forms of Corrosion: recognition, mechanisms and prevention
    2.1 Uniform corrosion
    2.2 Galvanic corrosion
    2.3 Crevice corrosion
    2.4 Pitting corrosion
    2.5 Intergranular corrosion
    2.6 Stress corrosion cracking
    2.7 Hydrogen damage

3 The effect of environment on the rate and form of corrosion
    3.1 Relative humidity
    3.2 Air pollutants
    3.3 Temperature
    3.4 Water chemistry

4 Practical session
   4.1 Visual identification of common metals & alloys
   4.2 Measurement of corrosion potentials of common metals
   4.3 Construction of galvanic series
   4.4 Visual identification of corrosion processes:
         4.4.1 The anode and cathode in a corrosion cell
         4.4.2 Stress cell due to cold working
   4.5 Principle of galvanic corrosion and cathodic protection

5 Common corrosion problems associated with gold, silver, copper,
   bronze, lead, aluminum, iron and steel artefacts

    5.1 When they are exposed to atmosphere
    5.2 Buried in soil
    5.3 Immersed in water

6 Effects of hot- & cold-working on the corrosion resistance of artefacts

    6.1 Introduction to metal casting, brazing and soldering
    6.2 Metallurgical factors and their influence on corrosion
    6.3 Induced stress within artefacts and the impact on corrosion resistance

7 The nature and protective properties of corrosion products (layers) found on artefacts

    7.1 Protective layers
    7.2 Detrimental layers
    7.3 General guidelines for cleaning & removing corrosion products

8 Corrosion control and prevention -modification of the local environment

    8.1 Use of corrosion inhibitors
    8.2 Use of metallic and organic coatings
    8.3 Cathodic protection

9 Corrosion testing and monitoring

9.1 Unit of expression for corrosion rate
9.2 Common methods for corrosion testing

9.2.1 Oddy Test

9.2.2 Iodide-Azide Test

9.2.3 Beilstein Test

9.2.4 Phloroglucinol Hydrochloric Acid Test

9.2.5 Chromotropic Acid Test

9.2.6 Iodide-Iodate Test
9.3 Electrochemical methods for corrosion testing and monitoring

Who Should Attend

Curators, conservators and those working in the preservation of heritage buildings and monuments.

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 or training, you may wish to purchase a complete set of the trainer's package for this training course. The trainer's package comes complete with ready-to-use PowerPoint slides (fully editable) and test bank (with answer keys). These ready-to-use PowerPoint slides contain high quality color photographs, illustrations, animations, audio and video clips. The test bank contains questions conveniently grouped into four categories: (1) true or false, (2) multiple choice, (3) calculation, and (4) reasoning and open-ended discussions. The trainer's package is suitable for in-house training and university teaching. This is exactly the same package that WebCorr uses to deliver our current training course.

The one-time lump sum fee allows your organization to use the training package and also modify it. For example, your organization may modify the course contents and re-name/re-brand the course under your organization’s name. WebCorr only retains the copyright of the original PowerPoint slides and test banks.

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