Corrosion Mechanisms and Protection Technologies of Metallic Materials Under Harsh Environments

Dear Colleagues,

In harsh environments (such as deep-sea, high-temperature and high-pressure, strong chemical, high salt spray, and industrial corrosive gas environments, among others), the corrosion of metallic materials directly threatens engineering safety, increases economic costs, and restricts technological applications. This Special Issue, “Corrosion Mechanisms and Protection Technologies of Metallic Materials under Harsh Environments”, focuses on cutting-edge research in the field of metallic corrosion protection in harsh environments. The included articles cover innovative achievements in areas such as metallic corrosion mechanisms, new protective coatings, and new corrosion inhibitors.

This Special Issue aims to provide new ideas and solutions for addressing the increasingly severe corrosion challenges—especially those in harsh environments like oil and gas, deep-sea, marine atmosphere, high-temperature, and chemical engineering environments. It is also committed to building a platform for researchers to showcase the latest progress in novel coating technologies and theoretical elaborations. We welcome submissions of original research papers, review articles, and short communications.

Potential topics focus on the field of materials chemistry, covering a wide range including but not limited to the following areas:

1. Corrosion mechanisms of metallic materials in deep-sea and marine atmospheric environments;
2. Corrosion mechanisms of metallic materials in extreme oil and gas environments;
3. Corrosion mechanisms of metallic materials in extreme chemical process conditions;
4. Corrosion mechanisms of metallic materials in high-temperature power environments;
5. Synthesis, design, and application of novel corrosion inhibitors;
6. Design, preparation, and performance evaluation of novel coatings.

Dr. Baojun Dong
Dr. Tianyi Zhang
Prof. Dr. Dezhi Zeng
Prof. Dr. Yuxin Zhang
Guest Editors

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