Sydney Height Safety & Solutions

Introduction to Corrosion

 Duration

1 Day

 Description 

This course provides an understanding of how corrosion

happens, how it manifests itself and how the relevant

methods of corrosion prevention and control operate.

Who Should Attend?

The course is suitable for many working in a corrosion related

field, but it is mainly designed for those who want

a basic understanding of corrosion chemistry, forms of

corrosion and methods of corrosion control.

Course Highlights

Corrosion and the Corrosion Process

This session introduces the basic principles of corrosion:

What is happening on the metal surface when corrosion

takes place. The Galvanic Series and how it is used to

determine which metal corrodes when different metals are

joined. How the area of each metal influences corrosion

rate. The factors that influence whether steel and other

metals corrode uniformly or in a localized manner.

Different Forms of Corrosion

 The various ways which metals can fail from corrosion.

Forms include: general, galvanic, crevice and pitting

corrosion; intergranular, selective, and erosion

corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen damage,

corrosion fatigue.

Corrosion Mitigation

This session will introduce the various methods of

preventing corrosion, how they protect and where they

can be used. These include design improvement,

material selection, inhibitors, organic coatings, metallic

coatings, inorganic coatings, cathodic protection and

anodic protection.

 Prerequisites

The only prerequisite is an understanding of secondary

school year 10 level of chemistry.

CD-129 - NHSS Course Nomination Form.pdf