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PREVENTION
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What is Corrosion?
Uniform corrosion.
Galvanic corrosion.
Pitting & Crevice corrosion.
Stress corrosion cracking.
Erosion corrosion.
Microbiologically induced corrosion.
UNIFORM CORROSION:-
Uniform (or general)
corrosion refers to the
relatively uniform reduction
of thickness over the surface
of a corroding material. It is
relatively easy to measure,
predict and design against
this type of corrosion
damage. While uniform
corrosion may represent only
a small fraction of industrial
corrosion failures, the total
tonnage wasted is generally
regarded as the highest of all
forms.
GALVANIC CORROSION:-
Galvanic corrosion is an electrochemical
process in which one metal corrodes
preferentially when in electrical contact
with a different type of metal and both
metals are immersed in an electrolyte.
When two or more different sorts of metal
come into contact in the presence of an
electrolyte a galvanic couple is set up as
different metals have different electrode
potentials. The electrolyte provides a
means for ion migration whereby metallic
ions can move from the anode to the
cathode. This leads to the anodic metal
corroding more quickly than it otherwise
would; the corrosion of the cathodic metal
is retarded even to the point of stopping.
The presence of electrolyte and a
conducting path between the metals may
cause corrosion where otherwise neither
metal alone would have corroded.
PITTING & CREVICE
CORROSION:-
Pitting Corrosion is the
localized corrosion of a
metal surface confined to
a point or small area, that
takes the form of cavities.
Pitting is one of the most
damaging forms of
corrosion. Pitting
corrosion forms on
passive metals and alloys
like stainless steel.The
resulting pits can become
wide and shallow or
narrow and deep which
can rapidly perforate the
wall thickness of a metal.
STRESS CORROSION CRACKING:-