Waste Materials for Sustainable Corrosion Protection of Metals
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 1935
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Interests: advanced engineering materials; corrosion engineering; physical metallurgy; nanotechnology; electrochemistry; waste management
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Dear Colleagues,
Corrosion has a substantial economic, environmental, and adverse sustainability impact on almost all facets of the world's infrastructure including bridges, power facilities, chemical industries, integrated circuits, desalination, oil and gas pipelines, etc. Although corrosion is inevitable, it can be managed. Complete elimination would not be practicable or attainable, but prevention would. Preventive measures can reduce corrosion costs by 15 to 35%. Corrosion prevention techniques may include the use of corrosion inhibitors, corrosion-resistant alloys, anti-corrosion coatings, anodic passivation, cathodic protection, proper design, etc. Corrosion protection by the use of inhibitors and anti-corrosion coatings is attractive because it is one of the most practical, efficient, and cost-effective techniques. The world is moving towards achieving Vision 2030, which aims to phase out toxic chemicals, and corrosion scientists are therefore intensifying research activity on green materials. Research activity has now been focused on natural materials due to their low cost, availability, biodegradability, and eco-friendliness. Integrated utilization of waste is a progressive direction of resource conservation. Within this direction is the idea of introducing into production not only low-waste but also zero-waste technology. This Special Issue intends to disseminate the most recent research on sustainable waste materials in protecting metallic materials against corrosion in different aggressive solutions.
Prof. Dr. Abimbola Patricia Idowu Popoola
Dr. Tayo Sanni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal corrosion
- corrosion inhibitor
- composite coatings
- corrosive solutions
- nanoparticles
- waste management
- microstructure
- corrosion kinetics
- modeling
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