The corrosion of technically relevant alloys, like stainless steel, causes damage that amounts to about 3 percent of the global gross national product. Although this every-day phenomenon has such ...

(Nanowerk News) When water vapor meets metal, the resulting corrosion can lead to mechanical problems that harm a machine’s performance. Through a process called passivation, it also can form a thin ...

(Nanowerk News) When water vapor meets metal, the resulting corrosion can lead to mechanical problems that harm a machine’s performance. Through a process called passivation, it also can form a thin ...

·The supply of hydrogen ions will also depend upon their concentration, i.e. the pH of the electrolyte. A concentration gradient in the electrolyte is illustrated. ·If the electrolyte is unstirred, ...

Corrosion can have financial consequences. In the United States corrosion causes yearly losses of $47.9 billion in the utility industry, $29.7 billion in the transportation industry, $22.6 billion in ...

Guangwen Zhou, a professor of mechanical engineering at Binghamton University State University of New York, is studying how corrosion happens on the atomic level. BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- When water vapor ...