Corrosion Behavior and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials (3rd Edition)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: corrosion; alloy design; microstructure; mechanical property; welding; fracture and failure
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Interests: multidisciplinary research in wear-corrosion synergy; nano-coating incorporating tribo-corrosion issues; thermodynamics and numerical modelling; sustainable methodologies of preventing corrosion and coating failures in large complex interacting systems; nanocomposite coatings for tribological applications; energy generation; conversion and storage
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The success of our previous two editions of the Special Issue, titled “Corrosion Behavior and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials”, shows that the issues of corrosion are still relevant and require further research. Therefore, we are organizing a second edition of this Special Issue under the same title that will further present state-of-the-art advances in corrosion behavior and mechanical properties of metallic materials.
Worldwide, more than USD 400 million/year is spent on corrosion protection and productivity losses due to corrosion. Corrosion, a process associated with chemical/electrochemical reactions, often has a deleterious consequence on mechanical properties, ultimately resulting in the degradation of a material. Metallic components, widely employed in various industries, i.e., oil, gas, marine, nuclear, fuel cells, medicine and generate electricity, often suffer from severe corrosion, which might be detrimental to service life and even cause serious accidents. Meanwhile, some extreme corrosive environments are also the main restriction on applications of advanced metallic materials with excellent mechanical properties. Thus, understanding corrosion behavior and its effect on mechanical properties will be of great practical significance to the development and application of metallic materials. Corrosion behavior leads to the degradation of mechanical properties, and both are affected by the service environment and the physical and chemical properties of the material itself.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a research forum to report corrosion behavior as well as the related mechanical properties, chemical composition and microstructure for metallic materials to address existing corrosion challenges and assist in the development of super corrosion-resistant materials.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the studies mentioned above. Other relevant studies, such as hydrogen embrittlement, characterization of the corroded microstructure, corrosion mechanism of advanced materials, method of surface treatment to improve corrosion resistance, evolution mechanism of mechanical properties in corrosion environment, and design of novel corrosion-resistant material, will also be considered, which could enhance the knowledge of corrosion protection. Research articles and reviews in this area of study are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Xiaogang Li
Prof. Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metallic materials
- corrosion behavior
- mechanical properties
- microstructure
- anti-corrosion methods
- corrosion-resistant material
- hydrogen embrittlement
- electrochemical reaction
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