Rusty bike chains and crusty car batteries usually mean it’s time to clean the corroded areas and apply some grease or gel, but who thinks about it beyond that? Answer: a chemical and materials ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The field of corrosion science and engineering is on the threshold of important ...

With much of the world’s population living in close proximity to water and humidity, corrosion of metallic materials has been an inevitable part of the human experience. While the oxidation of iron ...