MSE 445 Corrosion of Metals - Syllabus
Carl Altstetter , <caltstet@illinois.edu>
302 MSEB, 217-333-4985
Topic
I. Introduction
a) costs of corrosion
b) types of corrosion
c) corrosion rates
Page Numbers
1 - 39
II. Electrochemical Thermodynamics
40-50
a) electrochemical reactions
b) electrochemical cells
c) cell potential
d) reference electrodes
e) Faraday Law
f) electrical work, Gibbs free energy
g) mass action, Nernst law
h) effects of temperature and concentration
i) heat and entropy changes
f) effects of pressure, sensors
III. Electrochemical Kinetics
a) reaction rates
b) charge transfer
c) polarization, Tafel plot
d) diffusion and drift,
e) reaction overvoltage
75 - 86
IV. Electrochemical Devices
a) batteries
b) fuel cells
V. Electrochemical Corrosion
a) mixed potential
86-108
b) Evans diagram
c) effect of corrosion variables
d) measurements
65-74, 143-162
Topic
Page Numbers
e) spectroscopy
109-113, 162-166
f) electrochemical noise
g) galvanic series
168-198
h) cathodic protection
i) Pourbaix diagram
50 - 64
j) passivity
116 - 142
k) stainless steels
l) localized corrosion
199-232
m) microbial-induced corrosion
372-381
VI. Corrosion Control
291-334
a) change of environment
b) selection of alloy
c) cathodic protection
439-476
d) inhibitors
503-512
e) coatings
477-503
VII. Effects of Environment on Mechanical
Behavior
235-290
a) stress corrosion cracking
b) hydrogen embrittlement
c) corrosion fatigue
d) liquid metal embrittlement
VIII. High Temperature Corrosion
a) description
b) mechanisms
c) variables
408-438
IX. Case Studies
a) stainless steel hot water tank
b) ductile iron pipe corrosion
c) disposal of radioactive waste
d) rebar corrosion
e) hip joint prosthesis failure
f) lithium ion batteries
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Text: Denny Jones
Principles and Prevention of Corrosion
Prentice-Hall Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1996
Grading: The grade in this course will be based on two one-hour exams and a term paper, which will
count the same as an hour exam. The first hour exam will be at 12 PM on March 19, 2015. Graduate
students registered for 4 hours of credit will be required to compile a comprehensive bibliography on the
topic of their term paper. The bibliography should include all references on the topic after the year 2004.