Graduate Course
EUROCORR 2016

Graduate Course

New: Young EFC meeting

 

CORROSION SCIENCE, 7.5 ECTS points 

(KorrosionsCentrumTM)

Deadline for registration: extended to 1 September 2016

 

General: The course is intended for graduate students or researchers working in academic or industrial environments with an interest in materials science and engineering.
 

Aim and contents: Corrosion is a truly interdisciplinary science and the aim is to discuss the underlying chemistry and physics of the most important forms of metal corrosion. Mechanistic as well as applied aspects will be dealt with.
 

Lectures: The course includes lecture hours on three consecutive days prior to EUROCORR 2016. Most lecturers are part of KorrosionsCentrumTM (a collaboration between Swerea KIMAB and KTH) in Stockholm and most competent experts in their respective fields.
 

Course plan

 Date/Time

Lecturer

Topic

Sept. 9, 2016:

09.15-11.00

C. Leygraf Introduction. Repetition of Basic Concepts

11.15-12.00

J. Pan Thin Oxide Film Formation

13.15-15.00

J. Pan Passivity

15.15-17.00

C. Leygraf Atmospheric Corrosion
     

Sept. 10, 2016:

09.15-11.00

R. Pettersson Pitting/crevice Corrosion

11.15-12.00 

R. Pettersson Stress Corrosion Cracking and H-Embrittlement

13.15-15.00

D. Thierry Corrosion Protection by Organic and Inorganic Coatings

15.15-17.00

C. Duret Corrosion in Oil and Gas. Case studies
     

Sept 11, 2016:

09.15-11.00

J. Tidblad Atmospheric Corrosion Testing

11.15-12.00

P. Szakalos High Temperature Corrosion

13.15-15.00

P. Szakalos High Temperature Corrosion

 

Course material: Selected chapters in "Corrosion Mechanisms in Theory and Practice", 33d edition, Ed. P. Marcus, CRS Press, Taylor & Francis Group, New York (2012). It is recommended, but not mandatory, to purchase the book in advance. In addition, lecture notes will be distributed by the lecturers.
 

Prerequisites: The participants are assumed to be graduate students at some university or researchers working in industry with a background in physics, chemistry or materials science. The introductory lecture covers necessary background information.
 

Course fee: (VAT 20% is included)

  • EUROCORR 2016 Registered Participants:    € 275,-
  • Others:   € 375,-

The course fees include coffee breaks, lunches and one social event.

 
Examination
: An individual project task must be completed within each of the topics of the course, and under supervision of the corresponding lecturer. The total amount of work of all tasks should be of the order of four weeks and should be completed by Dec 31, 2016.
 

Location: The course will take place at the Congress Center of EUROCORR 2016: Le Corum, Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, 34 000 Montpellier.
Rooms: Barthez (course) and Rondelet (lunches).
 

Accommodation: Accommodation can be booked online via the EUROCORR 2016 Hotel Agency on the Accommodation page 
 

Contact person: Prof. Christofer Leygraf, Div. Surface and Corrosion Science, Dept. Chemistry, KTH Tel: 08- 790 64 68, e-mail:

 

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