Environmental Testing,

Abstract

Corrosion is a complex form of materials deterioration. This deterioration proceeds through chemical or electrochemical processes. Each environment in which materials are placed has associated with it various modes of corrosive attack which may or may not be consistent with each other. Operating in a sea water environment, materials can be subjected to several forms of corrosion; the more common forms being galvanic corrosion, cavitation corrosion, direct attack, stress corrosion, crevice corrosion, fatigue corrosion, caustic embrittlement, dezincification and corrosion due to marine fouling.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1966
Accession Number
ADA036615

Entities

People

  • Robin I. Goldman

Organizations

  • Control Data Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Cathodic Protection
  • Cavitation Corrosion
  • Coatings
  • Corrosion
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Galvanic Corrosion
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Sea Water
  • Sonar Arrays
  • Stainless Steel
  • Stress Corrosion
  • Stress Corrosion Cracking
  • Transducers
  • Water

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.