Corrosion Failures and Analysis

By Prof. Kallol Mondal | IIT Kanpur

Learners enrolled: 732

The course will focus on citing failures of component due to corrosion and analysis of the corrosion events, which have led to the failures. It will take examples from different fields and industries such as (i) Household, (ii) Construction, (iii) Petrochemical, (iv) Naval structures and (v) Medical. The course will also discuss the possible protection philosophies on the basis of (i) Materials, (ii) Change of environment, (iii) Design, (iv) Coatings, (v) Inhibitors.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Bachelor and Master students Industry people, where corrosion is a problem PhD student working in corrosion

PREREQUISITES : Chemical Thermodynamics, Phase transformation and Electrochemistry

INDUSTRIES SUPPORT : Oil companies, Chemical companies and Power sector, construction

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Metallurgy and Material science & Mining Engineering Materials Joining Minor in Metallurgy
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	26 Jul 2021
End Date :	17 Sep 2021
Enrollment Ends :	09 Aug 2021
Exam Date :	26 Sep 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week-1: Introduction

Definition of corrosion and damage due to corrosion in engineering applications
General factors affecting corrosion
Uniform corrosion

Week-2: Corrosion failures

Galvanic corrosion

Week-3: Corrosion failures

Galvanic corrosion
Petrochemical industries

Week-4: Corrosion failures

Galvanic corrosion
Dealloying
Intergranular corrosion

Week-5: Corrosion failures

Intergranular corrosion
Crevice corrosion

Week-6: Corrosion failures

Crevice corrosion
Pitting

Week-7: Corrosion failures

Pitting
Erosion corrosion

Week-8: Corrosion failures

Erosion corrosion
Corrosion cracking

Books and references

1.Corrosion Engineering–by M.G.Fontana and V.D.Greene, Publisher: McGraw Hill Book Company, New York.

2.An Introduction to Metallic Corrosion– by U.R.Evans., Publisher: Edward Arnold, London

3.Fundamentals of Corrosion– by J.C.Scully, Pergamon Press, Oxford

4.High Temperature Oxidation of Metals– by P. Kofstad, John Wilie& Sons Inc., New York, Corrosion - Part I and Part II (MOOC Courses) - Kallol Mondal, Corrosion Failures: Theories, Case studies and Solutions –K. Elayaperumal and V.S. Raja, John Wiley and Sons

Instructor bio

Prof. Kallol Mondal

IIT Kanpur

Kallol Mondal is an associate professor in the department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur. His specializations are phase transformations of metals and alloys, corrosion and oxidation behavior and multi-phase steel development.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 26 September 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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