Corrosion and Corrosion Inhibition of Metals and Their Alloys

Dear Colleagues,

In the Age of Materials, we have a large number of construction materials, including metals and their alloys. The selection of the right metallic material and its proper application is an important and responsible task in every branch of technology. There are no general rules that would allow choosing the right material for a given application in advance. The right decision should always be based on knowledge of the characteristics of the metals and their alloys, ease of processing, availability, price, and their mechanical, physical, and chemical properties.

Corrosion of metals and their alloys strongly affects many sectors of a nation’s economy. This physicochemical interaction between a metal or alloy and its environment results in changes in the properties of the metal or alloy, which may often lead to impairment of the function of the metal or alloy, the environment, or the technical system of which these form a part. Corrosion is one of the main sources of metallic material loss. It contributes to environmental pollution and poses a threat to human health. Therefore, the goal of corrosion science and engineering with a strong interdisciplinary character is to learn the mechanisms and kinetics of the gradual destruction of metallic materials as a result of the chemical or electrochemical interaction of the corrosive environment and the maximum slowdown of the process of metal and alloy returns to a thermodynamically stable state.

This Special Issue will be oriented toward all corrosion issues associated with the fundamentals of corrosion science of metals and their alloys, corrosion protection, testing to assess corrosion resistance, data collection and analysis, use of corrosion data in economic and risk analysis, in lifetime prediction, and in decision making. Subjects of interest will include the corrosion behavior of iron and low-alloy steels, corrosion-resistant steels, copper and its alloys, aluminum and its alloys, titanium and its alloys, nickel and its alloys, zinc and its alloys, and others. The development of methods to prevent and control corrosion of metals and their alloys are also of interest.

I would like to invite you with great pleasure to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

I would also like to acknowledge, first, the authors who will write the articles that will  form this new Special Issue. In addition, I would like to acknowledge the reviewers of the articles, who will carry out their work to help to maintain a high scientific level of this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Bożena Łosiewicz
Guest Editor

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