Corrosion and Corrosion Protection for WO students


Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Jacek Banaś.


List of lectures (in alphabetical order). Click to download a lecture:

  1. Coatings.
  2. Corrosion degradation.
  3. Corrosion in active state.
  4. Corrosion of passive metals, part I.
  5. Corrosion of passive metals, part II.
  6. Corrosion protection, part I.
  7. Corrosion protection, part II.
  8. Electrochemical methods in corrosion testing.
  9. Inhibitors.
  10. Organic coatings.

Students are obliged to prepare presentation on the topic chosen from the list below:

  1. Pourbaix diagrams – theory and praxis.
  2. Mechanism of iron corrosion in acid solutions.
  3. Stainless steels – principle of corrosion resistance.
  4. Pitting corrosion of aluminum and aluminum alloys.
  5. Pitting corrosion of stainless steels .
  6. Intercrystalline corrosion of stainless steel.
  7. Intercrystalline corrosion of aluminum alloys.
  8. Hydrogen embrittlement in oil and gas industry.
  9. Stress corrosion cracking. Mechanism and prevention .
  10. Micro galvanic corrosion. Graphitization of cast iron. Dezincification of brasses.
  11. Microbiological induced corrosion (MIC), mechanism and prevention.
  12. Corrosion resistant materials for alkaline environments.
  13. Corrosion resistant materials for hot oxidizing acids.
  14. Cathodic protection of pipeline systems .
  15. Corrosion monitoring systems.
  16. Passivity and anodization of valve metals.