A corrosion engineer identifies and mitigates corrosion to prevent degradation of materials, equipment, and infrastructure. They apply scientific and engineering principles to prevent material deterioration caused by chemical reactions. Corrosion engineers work…
Category: Corrosion
Cathodic Protection (CP)
Cathodic protection (CP) is a technique to prevent the corrosion of a metal surface by converting it into a cathode of an electrochemical cell. This is achieved by introducing a direct electric…
Why do things rust?
Rust is the common name for a very common compound, iron oxide. Iron oxide, the chemical Fe2O3, is common because iron combines very readily with oxygen — so readily, in…