ANTI‐CORROSION METHODS AND MATERIALS: I: An Introduction

Abstract

Studere Corrosion has been described as a transformation process in which a metal passes from its elementary form to a combined condition. It includes wet and dry corrosion; the former requires an aqueous environment and the latter is oxidation. Deterioration of the metal due to physical causes is not called corrosion, but is known as erosion, galling, wear, etc, depending upon the material and the conditions. Corrosion is the result of the metal chemical or an electrochemical reaction with its environment. Sometimes the chemical reaction is accompanied by physical deterioration, as in fretting corrosion. It should be noted here that the term corrosion is only applied to metals; non‐metals rot, crack or erode. Also it should be appreciated that only ferrous metals can ‘rust’, i.e. form hydrous ferric oxides.

Citation

(1972), "ANTI‐CORROSION METHODS AND MATERIALS: I: An Introduction", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 19 No. 8, pp. 5-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb006875