Welcome

Site index

A to Z listing

Advertising  

Books

Corrosion glossary

Disclaimer

Famous scientists

Corrosion course

Distance Ed

Doomsday scenarios

Links

Modules

Monitoring glossary

Photo gallery

Search this site

Textbook assignments

Toxic elements

Water glossary

Webmaster

Distance Learning Corrosion Course

CCE 281 Corrosion: Impact, Principles, and Practical Solutions

This course may be used as a science credit towards the BSc, the BMASc and BA programmes.

Corrosion is responsible for the failure of many systems and structures. This course describes the importance of corrosion problems in relation to material cost, reduced performance, reliability, and impact on the environment. The course covers the basics of what makes environments corrosive, with an introduction to corrosion chemistry, to corrosion thermodynamics, and to the electrochemical theory that relates corrosion current with mass and thickness loss rates of various materials. Forms of corrosion are described in relation to environmental accidents and to methods commonly used to control corrosion. Examples of corrosion in water, soils, and in various atmospheres are also used to introduce these prevention techniques.

Distance Learning + Web

One university credit 0-0-9

Textbook - Corrosion Engineering: Principles and Practice

Weeks 1 & 2

Module One: Why Study Corrosion (skip title)

Module Two: Chemistry of Corrosion (skip title)

Module Three: Corrosion Electrochemistry (skip title)

Weeks 3 to 5

Module Four: Corrosion Thermodynamics (skip title)

Module Five: Corrosion Kinetics (skip title)

Weeks  6 to 8

Module Six: Recognizing Corrosion in its Forms (skip title)

Weeks 9 & 10

Module Seven: Corrosion Factors and Cells (skip title)

Week 11

Module Eight: Corrosion by Water (skip title)

Weeks 12 & 13

Module Nine: Atmospheric corrosion (skip title)

Answers to example problems