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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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polarization
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
(1) The change from the open-circuit electrode potential as the result of the passage of current. (2) A change in the potential of an electrode during electrolysis, such that the potential of an ...
wetting
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A condition in which the interfacial tension between a liquid and a solid is such that the contact angle is 0 to 90 degrees.
alligatoring
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
(1) Pronounced wide cracking over the entire surface of a coating having the appearance of alligator hide. (2) The longitudinal splitting of flat slabs in a plane parallel to the rolled surface. ...
valence
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A positive number that characterizes the combining power of an element for other elements, as measured by the number of bonds to other atoms that one atom of the given element forms upon chemical ...
cementation coating
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A coating developed on a metal surface by a high temperature diffusion process (as carburization, calorizing, or chromizing).
eutectic
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
(1) An isothermal reversible reaction in which a liquid solution is converted into two or more intimately mixed solids on cooling, the number of solids formed being the same as the number of ...
alkaline cleaner
Materials science; Corrosion engineering
A material blended from alkali hydroxides and such alkaline salts as borates, carbonates, phosphates, or silicates. The cleaning action may be enhanced by the addition of surface-active agents and ...
