The “Corrosion” Section of Materials (ISSN: 1996-1944) caters to the old as well as the new domains of corrosion mechanisms, monitoring, and mitigation. Corrosion costs every economy and society dearly; hence, its effective and durable mitigation is of paramount importance. Given the age-old and vexing nature of the problem, numerous approaches and measures have been deployed for corrosion mitigation. However, the serious economic implications of corrosion continue to ensure interest in finding novel measures. Corrosion and corrosion-assisted cracking often stand out as critical and non-trivial challenges in applications ranging from the selection of construction materials for nuclear waste containers, desalination plants, or durable electronic devices to the use of magnesium alloys as novel biodegradable temporary implants. It is true that circumventing corrosion in such critical applications is technologically challenging, socially fulfilling, and commercially attractive, but it is equally true that a durable solution calls for a disruptive approach, which in itself is a non-trivial challenge (given the age-old nature of the discipline). The emergence of a new material often triggers interest in its applicability for corrosion resistance. The most recent examples include ultrathin coatings of graphene and hexa-boron nitride. Corrosion, as well as the science and technology of its mitigation, therefore, is like an antique, being old but fascinating.

As all of the articles published in our journal are of an open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full texts. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2024, listed below.

1. “Effects of Shot Peening and Electropolishing Treatment on the Properties of Additively and Conventionally Manufactured Ti6Al4V Alloy: A Review”
by Wojciech Okuniewski, Mariusz Walczak and Mirosław Szala
Materials 2024, 17(4), 934; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17040934
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/4/934

2. “Changes in Corrosion Behaviour of Zinc and Aluminium Coatings with Increasing Seawater Acidification”
by Cezary Senderowski, Wojciech Rejmer, Nataliia Vigilianska and Arkadiusz Jeznach
Materials 2024, 17(3), 536; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17030536
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/3/536

3. “Hydrothermal Corrosion of Latest Generation of FeCrAl Alloys for Nuclear Fuel Cladding”
by Bhavani Sasank Nagothi, Haozheng Qu, Wanming Zhang, Rajnikant V. Umretiya, Evan Dolley and Raul B. Rebak
Materials 2024, 17(7), 1633; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17071633
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/7/1633

4. “Corrosion Behavior of As-Cast and Heat-Treated Al–Co Alloys in 3.5 wt% NaCl”
by Athanasios K. Sfikas, Angeliki G. Lekatou, Sevasti Emmanouilidou and Kyriaki Tsirka
Materials 2024, 17(3), 655; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17030655
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/3/655

5. “The Microstructural Evolution and Corrosion Behavior of Zn-Mg Alloys and Hybrids Processed Using High-Pressure Torsion”
by Ayoub Tanji, Hendra Hermawan and Carl J. Boehlert
Materials 2024, 17(1), 270; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17010270
Available online:  https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/1/270

6. “Corrosion of an Additively Manufactured Ti6Al4V Alloy in Saline and Acidic Media”
by Hugo Mora-Sanchez, Miguel Collado-Vian, Marta Mohedano, Raúl Arrabal and Endzhe Matykina
Materials 2024, 17(3), 712; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17030712
Available online:  https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/3/712

7. “Effect of Temperature on Passive Film Characteristics of LPBF (Laser Powder-Bed Fusion) Processing on UNS-S31603”
by Reece Goldsberry, Deeparekha Narayanan, Raymundo Case, Bilal Mansoor and Homero Castaneda
Materials 2024, 17(14), 3420; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17143420
Available online:  https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/14/3420

8. “Corrosion of Stainless Steel in Simulated Nuclear Reactor Primary Coolant—Experiments and Modeling”
by Martin Bojinov, Iva Betova, Vasil Karastoyanov and Georgi Avdeev
Materials 2024, 17(5), 1148; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17051148
Available online:  https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/5/1148

9. “Structural Parameters and Behavior in Simulated Body Fluid of High Entropy Alloy Thin Films”
by Doina Craciun, Edwin A. Laszlo, Julia C. Mirza-Rosca, Gabriela Dorcioman, Victor Geanta, Ionelia Voiculescu, Gabriel Craciun, Liviu Badea and Valentin Craciun
Materials 2024, 17(5), 1162; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17051162
Available online:  https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/5/1162

10. “The Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion and Protection of Pipelines: A Detailed Review”
by Xueqing Lv, Can Wang, Jia Liu, Wolfgang Sand, Ini-Ibehe Nabuk Etim, Yimeng Zhang, Ailing Xu,
Jizhou Duan and Ruiyong Zhang
Materials 2024, 17(20), 4996; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17204996
Available online:  https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/20/4996