Corrosion has always been a problem, and will continue to be a problem well into the future. Because of this engineers and scientists try understand and control corrosion. Corrosion causes economic problems in terms of Plant downtime, Product Loss, Contamination, and Overdesign. Human Safety is also a concern an airpalnes and infrastructure are weakened due to the effects of corrosion.
In following pages please take a moment to learn about the thermodynamics, kinetics , and forms of corrosion, Additionally, mention is made of corrosion of nanostructed materials.
Nanostructrued materials are an emmerging form of materials whose size scale is in the nanometer regime. Being so small lends them some fantastic properties. Corrosion behavior of these materials will be considered in an additional page.