| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Environmentally Assisted Cracking: Theory and Practice
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| Presentation Title |
C-11 (Invited): Corrosion is Metallurgy’s Waterloo |
| Author(s) |
Raul B. Rebak |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Raul B. Rebak |
| Abstract Scope |
Corrosion is an often ignored process in spite it costs about 4% of nations’ gross national product. Corrosion is a natural process by which materials (e.g. alloys) go back to their original state as minerals. Metallurgy is the engineering practice by which minerals are processed to become metals and alloys. There are engineering ways by which this ultimately unavoidable corrosion progression can be delayed, minimized, managed, or controlled. Since industrial engineers generally perceive corrosion as a nuisance, corrosion is frequently ignored when they are designing their beautiful shiny creations. The wisdom and advice of corrosion experts is often overlooked because no one wants to associate rot and decay with new designs. Therefore, corrosion related failures (many of them catastrophic) still occur all over the world. Eventually corrosion will destroy all metallurgical creations, a final and decisive defeat like the one in Waterloo. Corrosion deserves respect. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Supplemental Proceedings volume |