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MCEG4053: Corrosion Principles
Prerequisites: MCEG 2023, 3013, 3313
A study of the fundamental causes of corrosion and corrosion damage in metals and metallic components. Electrochemistry is used to explore the basic reactions governing environmental corrosion while thermodynamics and kinetics are used to investigate the rate of controlling steps of environmental attack. Includes an overview of techniques commonly used to control corrosion damage in industry and architecture.