EDUCATION

ASM Corrosion Course
Wednesday evenings
March 3rd – May 5th
Carpenter Technology Corp.
Reading, PA

Interested Students,

LVASM will be sponsoring a class on corrosion starting Wednesday March 3rd. The class will be meeting on Wednesday nights from 5:15pm – 7:00pm in conference room “A” of the Carpenter Technology, Corp. R&D building (Corner of Union and Centre Ave in Reading, PA) for 10 weeks (March 3rd through May 5th).  The class will be taught by Jim Scanlon and Tom Werley of Carpenter Technology, Corp. Please email or contact Mark Burton at 610-208-3516 or mburton@cartech.com if you are interested. Class attendance is recommended but not mandatory. Below is an outline of the class material. The cost of the class is $500 which includes texts and CEU’s.

Course Description

Corrosion occurs in all industries from automotive and aerospace to infrastructure, construction, petroleum, power, paper making, food processing, bioengineering, and pharmaceuticals. Corrosion is costly, dangerous, wasteful, and unsightly. It can be predicted, controlled, and even avoided. This class presents an overview of the eight major corrosion processes and related corrosion monitoring, prediction and control mechanisms. The principles discussed are applicable to all metals.

Emphasis is on practical applications of corrosion technology to industrial corrosion problems.

Target Audience

  • Engineers, particularly civil and mechanical engineers
  • Managers
  • Designers, Specifiers, QA Managers
  • Marine engineers
  • Technicians
  • Metallurgists
  • Chemical and petroleum industry specialists

Learning Objectives

  • Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
  • Identify the eight major forms of corrosion and which are of concern for your applications
  • Relate the occurrence and severity of corrosion to the natural driving forces
  • Describe common corrosion test methods for your applications
  • Avoid many of the design traps that speed corrosive decay
  • Recognize applicable corrosion control techniques and their limitations

Course Outline

  1. Introduction to Corrosion
  2. Basic Concepts in Corrosion
  3. Thermodynamics: Nernst Equation and Potential-ph Diagrams
  4. Kinetics of Corrosion
  5. Eight Forms of Corrosion: Uniform, Pitting, and Concentration-Cell Corrosion
  6. Eight Forms of Corrosion: Galvanic Corrosion and Stress-Corrosion Cracking
  7. Eight Forms of Corrosion: Erosion-Corrosion, Intergranular Corrosion, and Dealloying
  8. Corrosion Testing and Monitoring
  9. Electrochemical Test Methods
  10. General Material Considerations and Application to Ferrous Alloys
  11. Nonferrous and Nonmetallic Materials
  12. Corrosive Environments
  13. Economics and Failure Analysis
  14. Methods to Control Corrosion: Design, Material Selection, and environment Modification
  15. Methods to Control Corrosion: Protective Coatings and Potential Modification

3.0 CEUs