Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection of Metals

Lab activity

The basic purpose of this laboratory is the study of corrosion of various types of metals and their protection under conditions that simulate realistic ones. These conditions are as follows: maritime conditions, oil deposits’ formation water, soil and concrete pore water. The methods used are non-electrochemical and electrochemical, DC and AC methods.
Non-electrochemical corrosion tests include gravimetric method for the determination of the metal corrosion rate, which is based on the measurement of the sample mass before and after a cer-tain period of exposure to aggressive media.
Using electrochemical DC methods, linear polarization in narrow and wide range of potential, cyclic polarization, cyclic voltamme- try and chronoamperometry are implemented.
Nondestructive method of electrochemical impedance spectros-copy is used for the testing of boundary phase metal-electrolyte. In order to test the corrosion of metals in the soil, soil pH, redox potential of the soil and the soil resistance are examined.

Head of the Lab: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Prof, PhD

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Small and medium sized equipment Name inventory Tech.characteristics Application             Image Flame photometer Photo-electric cell S60/107 UR, battery 9V. Determination of potassium, sodium and calcium in the silicate industry, fertilizer industry, agricultural and clinical the laboratory. Potentiostat AC Power: 100...240V, 50-60 Hz, 15 W, Scanning rate : 60, 30, 15, 6,3...0,03. The study of corrosion and protection of metals and metal alloys in cooling systems, shipbuilding, and in obtaining the production and transport of oil and gas, bridge construction, harbor equipment, power plants and other process equipment.