Corrosion for Everybody
People seldom enjoy corrosion. They usually perceive it as a nasty phenomenon with which they must cope. Yet many people, far from the corrosion field, come across it because of their professional duty. Lawyers, historians, doctors, architects, philosophe
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A. Groysman
Corrosion for Everybody
A. Groysman ORT Braude College of Engineering Karmiel, Israel
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ISBN 978-90-481-3476-2 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3477-9 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3477-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009938491 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To my great and wise wife Olga for support, endurance, understanding and assisting in creating, discussing and writing this book, and also to my lovely children Sasha and Anat
What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; Written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself – and thus make yourself indispensable. André Gide (1869–1951) French writer, humanist, and moralist
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii 1
Corrosion Mechanism and Corrosion Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Definition of Corrosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Metals and Non-Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Prediction of Corrosion of Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Corrosion Kinetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.1 Measuring the Corrosion Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.2 Duration of Corrosion Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Corrosion Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5.1 Electrolytes and Non-Electrolytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5.2 Corrosion of Metals by Non-Electrolytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5.3 Corrosion of Metals in the Presence of Electrolytes . . . . . . . . 1.5.4 Reference Electrodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5.5 Electromotive Force Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5.6 Electrochemical Corrosion Mechanism (Corrosion by Electrolytes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
