ASM Handbook, Volume 13A: Fundamentals, Testing, and Protection

Corrosion is a multibillion-dollar problem that confronts nearly every engineer in every industry. It is an obvious and insidious enemy that degrades our cars, aircraft, ships, water supply systems, buildings, bridges, engines, factories, chemical processing plants, and power plants. It is necessary to learn the fundamental principles by which this enemy operates, to recognize the forms of corrosion, and to understand the parameters that must be controlled to avoid or migrate corrosion damage, or to direct corrosion processes to constructive purposes. The purpose of this handbook is to help engineers and designers understand corrosion so that they can solve existing corrosion problems and prevent future ones. It should be the first book you select when researching a corrosion problem. The coverage of the volume has been completely revised to ensure that it is the most comprehensive, practical, and up-to-date resource available. Each article is indexed to other appropriate sections of the handbook, and each provides a road map to the thousands of individual bibliographical references that were used to compile the information. The editors have assembled over 120 leading authorities in the field of corrosion to review, revise, and contribute new articles to this volume. The volume has six major sections: Fundamentals of Corrosion covers the theory of aqueous and gaseous corrosion from the thermodynamic and kinetic perspectives. Forms of Corrosion describes how to recognize the different types of corrosion and the forces that influence them. Corrosion Testing and Evaluation describes the planning of corrosion tests, evaluation of test results, the latest in laboratory corrosion testing and equipment, simulated service testing, and in-service techniques for damage detection and monitoring. Methods of Corrosion Protection discusses the corrosion resistance of bulk materials, surface treatments and conversion coatings, ceramic, glass and oxide coatings, metal coatings, coatings and linings, electrochemical corrosion control methods, and corrosion inhibitors. Designing for Corrosion Control and Prevention addresses the topic from the perspective of materials selection and equipment design. Tools for the Corrosionist is an entirely new section that covers conventions in corrosion and oxidation, applications of modern analytical instruments in corrosion, materials science, statistics, and information sources and databases. Contents include: Fundamentals of Corrosion Thermodynamics; Fundamentals of Aqueous Corrosion Kinetics; Fundamentals of Gaseous Corrosion; Fundamentals Applied to Specific Environments; Fundamentals of Corrosion for Constructive Purposes; Uniform Corrosion; Localized Corrosion; Metallurgically Influenced Corrosion; Mechanically Assisted Degradation; Environmentally Induced Cracking; Microbiological Influenced Corrosion; Planning Corrosion Tests and Evaluating Results; Laboratory Corrosion Testing; Simulated Service Corrosion Testing; In-Service Techniques for Damage Detection and Monitoring; Evaluating Forms of Corrosion; Corrosion Resistance of Bulk Materials; Surface Treatments and Conversion Coatings; Ceramic, Glass, and Oxide Coatings; Metal Coatings; Coatings and Linings; Electrochemical Corrosion Control Methods; Corrosion Inhibitors