Corrosion Basics

Strategic Planning at NACE International: Fifth in a Series

With a commitment to core ideology behind us, strategic planning efforts shifted toward survey input and analytical data that helped create a picture of the current state of health of our association.

Corrosion Basics: Stress Corrosion Cracking

Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is a mechanical-chemical process leading to the cracking of certain alloys at stresses below their tensile strength.

Strategic Planning at NACE International: Third in a Series

Last month we defined ideology as a body of beliefs that guide individuals or large groups. To define our core ideology, the NACE International Board of Directors recognized that we must answer three questions.

Strategic Planning at NACE International

Strategic planning is a process that provides a roadmap for taking our association from a well-defined present state, to a compelling and significantly different future state.

Corrosion Basics: High-Temperature Corrosion

High-temperature corrosion does not require the presence of a liquid electrolyte. In this corrosion mechanism, metals react directly with gaseous atoms in the atmosphere rather than ions in solution. Sometimes, this type of damage is called “dry corrosion” or “scaling.”

Strategic Planning at NACE International: Implementation Plan

In the 10th part of this series, we explain how the implementation plan is a tool that can be used to break annual key strategies into increasingly smaller tasks.

Strategic Planning at NACE International: Ninth in a Series

A number of board key strategies and definitions of success were agreed upon at the fall 2017 meeting of the NACE International Board of Directors.

Corrosion Basics: Coating Concrete

Before a concrete structure can be coated, it is necessary to understand and overcome concrete's natural properties.

Strategic Planning at NACE International: Series Finale

The key to effective planning involves converting decisions to actions. For the process to be most effective, the results of the actions are monitored and shared, thus continuing an unending process.

Strategic Planning at NACE International: Eleventh in the Series

The key to effective planning involves converting decisions to actions. For the process to be most effective, the results of the actions are monitored and shared, thus continuing an unending process.

Corrosion Basics: Steam Generation in Power Plants

The greatest use of high-temperature water and steam is in electrical power generation.

Corrosion Basics: Special Cathodic Protection Requirements for Specific Pipeline Applications

Most pipeline cathodic protection applications involve either galvanic anode or impressed current systems installed in earth for protection of external surfaces.

Corrosion Basics: Testing Protective Coatings

Coating operations of almost any size must include some type of meaningful test program.

Corrosion Basics—Corrosion Damage in Reinforced Concrete

The main causes of corrosion of steel in concrete are chloride attack and carbonation. These two mechanisms are unusual in that they do not attack the integrity of the concrete. Instead, aggressive chemical species pass through the pores in the concrete and attack the steel. This is unlike normal deterioration processes resulting from chemical attack on concrete.

Corrosion Basics—Types of Corrosive Atmospheres

Although atmospheres can be classified into four basic types, most of them are mixed and present no clear lines of demarcation. Furthermore, the type of atmosphere may vary with the wind pattern, particularly where corrosive pollutants are concerned.