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Corrosion engineering
The process of applying engineering science in the design and manufacturing of materials, structures and devices to manage and control corrosion.
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electrical resistivity
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
The electrical resistance offered by a material to the flow of current, times the cross-sectional area of current flow and per unit length of current path; the reciprocal of the conductivity. Also ...
anode
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
The electrode at which oxidation or corrosion of some component occurs (opposite of cathode). Electrons flow away from the anode in the external circuit.
cathode
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
The electrode of an electrolytic cell at which reduction is the principal reaction. (Electrons How toward the cathode in the external circuit. ) Typical cathodic processes are cation' taking up ...
anolyte
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
The electrolyte adjacent to the anode in an electrolytic cell.
catholyte
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
The electrolyte adjacent to the cathode of an electrolytic cell.
thermal electromotive force
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
The electromotive force generated in a circuit containing two dissimilar metals when one junction is at a temperature different from that of the other. see also thermocouple.
quench aging
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
Aging induced by rapid cooling after solution heat treatment.
