Scientists at the Penn State University in the U.S. have found out why advanced ...

New research reveals how corrosion happens on the atomic level. When water vapor meets metal, the resulting corrosion can lead to mechanical problems that harm a machine's performance. Through a ...

Researchers are using new, experimental techniques like Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE) and friction stir welding to produce metal components that are lighter, stronger, and more ...

(Nanowerk News) When water vapor meets metal, the resulting corrosion can lead to mechanical problems that harm a machine’s performance. Through a process called passivation, it also can form a thin ...

With much of the world’s population living in close proximity to water and humidity, corrosion of metallic materials has been an inevitable part of the human experience. While the oxidation of iron ...

Corrosion of buried steel can be managed through one or some combination of the following four approaches: (1) the service life of the steel can be increased with additional steel incorporated into ...

What affects almost everything made of metal, from cars to boats to underground pipes and even the fillings in your teeth? Corrosion — a slow process of decay. At a global cost of trillions of dollars ...

My major problem as an operating supervisor when I worked for the former Amoco Oil Co. refinery in Texas City, Tex., was not the people, the process, or the plant’s economics; it was corrosion. Most ...

When water vapor meets metal, the resulting corrosion can lead to mechanical problems that harm a machine's performance. Through a process called passivation, it also can form a thin inert layer that ...

Guangwen Zhou, a professor of mechanical engineering at Binghamton University State University of New York, is studying how corrosion happens on the atomic level. BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- When water vapor ...