December 11 – December 13, 2018
Texas A&M University Corrosion Lab, Center for Infrastructure Renewal
1041 Rellis Parkway Building 8535, Bryan, TX 77807
Course description:
Lecture
• Thermodynamics of corrosion
• Kinetics of corrosion
• Polarization
• Corrosion rate measurement techniques
• Passivity/localized corrosion
• Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
• Statistical analysis of corrosion data
Laboratory
Cell design, sample preparation and experimental
techniques to include:
• Corrosion potential measurements
• Weight loss measurements
• Polarization resistance
• Potentiodynamic polarization
• Active to passive states and Pitting (including
scratch techniques, metastable pitting, and critical
pitting temperature)
• Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
Course fee: $1,995
To enroll visit http://tx.ag/BasicCorrosion.
Contact: Homero Castaneda-Lopez (hcastaneda@tamu.edu)