Environmental Sensitivity and Safety Assessment of Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental sensitivity and the safety assessment of materials play decisive roles in the design and development of materials and their selection, heat treatment, and corrosion protection; the application of load; and the control of the surrounding environment. To ensure the long-term integrity of materials and to avoid the catastrophic environmental consequences of corrosion, in recent years the research community has performed plentiful corrosion and corrosion control studies to better understand the fundamentals of corrosion, investigate the corrosion behaviors and mechanisms of key components and structural materials, analyze and report on corrosion-induced failures, design and develop advanced corrosion-resistant coatings or corrosion inhibitors, and build corrosion models and predict their life. This has not only improved the corrosion performance of materials in their service life, but also decreased corrosion-related losses and helped to avoid catastrophic consequences.

The aim of the present issue is to consolidate recent findings related to the environmental sensitivity and safety assessment of materials and to provide an opportunity for researchers to publish their latest results, reviews, methodologies, and failure case reports in order to better understand or solve material corrosion issues. We welcome the submission of original papers and critical reviews of high quality.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following areas:

• Corrosion fundamentals;
• High-temperature oxidation;
• Anodic oxidation;
• Biochemical corrosion;
• Stress corrosion cracking, corrosion fatigue, and corrosion creep;
• Corrosion control and protection;
• Corrosion model and prediction.

Prof. Dr. Jian Chen
Prof. Dr. Daokui Xu
Dr. Fanjiang Meng
Dr. James Noël
Topic Editors