NUCL 4610U – Corrosion for Engineers

A study of types, causes, costs, measurement and prevention of corrosion. Topics include: effects of material choices and the environment; types of corrosion discussed: general or uniform, galvanic, crevice, pitting, intergranular, selective leaching, stress-corrosion, erosion-corrosion, hydrogen effects; corrosion testing; selection of materials; aqueous corrosion; high temperature corrosion; corrosion in nuclear and fossil plants and other industrial environments; electrochemical principles; thermodynamics; electrode kinetics; aqueous corrosion kinetics; practical applications.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Tutorial hours: 1
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1020U or CHEM 1800U
Credit restriction(s): ENGR 4610U