Developments in Corrosion Protection

Mahmood Aliofkhazraei

ISBN 10: 9535112236 / ISBN 13: 9789535112235

Published by Intechopen, 2014

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - One of the first thing that comes to your mind after hearing the term ¿corrosion¿ is corrosion of a metal. Corrosion is a basically harmful phenomenon, but it can be useful in some cases. For instance, environment¿s pollution with corrosion products and damage to the performance of a system are among its harmful effects, whereas electric energy generation in a battery and cathodic protection of many structures are among its advantages. However, these advantages are almost nothing as compared to the costs and effects imposed by its detrimental influences. The enormous costs of this phenomenon can be better understand through studying the published statistics on direct and indirect corrosion damages on economy of governments. The direct cost of corrosion is near 3 % of the gross domestic product (GDP) of USA. Considering this huge cost, it is necessary to develop and expand the corrosion science and its protection technologies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Developments in Corrosion Protection
• Publisher: Intechopen
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9535112236
• ISBN 13: 9789535112235
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 266W x 185H x 53D millimeters 266 millimeters width by 185 millimeters height by 53 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1730 grams

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Synopsis

One of the first thing that comes to your mind after hearing the term "corrosion" is corrosion of a metal. Corrosion is a basically harmful phenomenon, but it can be useful in some cases. For instance, environment's pollution with corrosion products and damage to the performance of a system are among its harmful effects, whereas electric energy generation in a battery and cathodic protection of many structures are among its advantages. However, these advantages are almost nothing as compared to the costs and effects imposed by its detrimental influences. The enormous costs of this phenomenon can be better understand through studying the published statistics on direct and indirect corrosion damages on economy of governments. The direct cost of corrosion is near 3 % of the gross domestic product (GDP) of USA. Considering this huge cost, it is necessary to develop and expand the corrosion science and its protection technologies.