Atmospheric Corrosion

Citation

(2001), "Atmospheric Corrosion", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 48 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2001.12848aae.001

Atmospheric Corrosion

Atmospheric Corrosion

Christofer Leygraf and Thomas E. GraedelJohn Wiley & Sons2000354 pp. (hardcover)ISBN: 0471372196

Keywords: Corrosion, Publication

While atmospheric corrosion has been studied and discussed by the engineering community for over a century, a systematic scientific investigation of this vital field has become possible only in recent years. Therefore, it was with enthusiastic interest that I read this authoritive work by Christofer Leygraf and Thomas Graedel. The authors provide their readers with a comprehensive look at atmospheric corrosion six years after "iron was first separated from its ore … and promptly began to corrode!" The authors combine their expertise in corrosion science and atmospheric chemistry to describe corrosion's potentially devastating effects on structures and materials. The latest scientific tools available for preventing or minimising corrosion damage are examined, new insights obtained over the last decade through controlled studies and computer modelling investigations are also examined.

The book begins with five chapters that introduce the basic principles of atmospheric corrosion and atmospheric chemistry. Chapters 6-9 present information on corrosion mechanisms in controlled and uncontrolled environments. The following chapters examine:

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  degradation of materials and architectural and structural applications;

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  electronic devices and cultural artifacts; and

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  protecting existing materials and choosing new ones that resist corrosion.

Chapter 13 attempts to predict how and where atmospheric corrosion may evolve in the future.

The book is written at a level suitable for advanced undergraduates or is designed to be suitable for a one-semester course.

This book comes complete with appendices discussing experimental techniques, computer models, and the degradation of specific metals.

Its authors are noted authorities in their fields. Christofer Leygraf is professor of corrosion science at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Thomas Graedel is professor of industrial ecology, chemical engineering, and geophysics at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

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