Investigation of Microstructural and Corrosion Properties of Steels and Light Alloys (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2025 | Viewed by 3072
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Interests: electroplastic effect; duplex stainless steel; TRIP steel; materials characterization
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Interests: corrosion; coatings; steels; ligth alloys
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Very few metals can be found in metallic form in nature; the vast majority have to be processed from their ores at a great cost in terms of energy and money. It is therefore energetically favorable for them to reverse to their initial state. This process is commonly known as corrosion or anti-metallurgy, and great efforts are made worldwide to limit this process.
According to the latest NACE estimation (2013), the global cost for corrosion is equivalent to approximately 3.4% of the global GDP (2.5 trillion US$) not considering environmental consequences or safety issues. A reduction between 15% and 35% could be realized if prevention techniques and proper precaution are used, which means savings between US$375 and $875 billion. Corrosion involves different sectors such as industry, military, civilian, services, etc., in particular energy production, transport, chemical and petrochemical industries, the mechanical industry, and drink and beverage. Among these sectors, most of the constituents are made out of steel, which is the most produced metal in the world (1808 million tons in 2018) or light alloys, mainly aluminium (60.1 million tons consumption in 2018).
A proper alloy design in terms of composition, heat treatments, microstructural features, etc. is mandatory in order to obtain the best combination of mechanical properties and corrosion resistance during operation, reducing maintenance costs and the overall impact on the global economy. In fact, microstructural features can affect both the corrosion of the material itself and also the eventual production of protective layers on their surfaces.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to correlate the key role of the microstructure of steels and light alloys to their corrosion properties.
I invite you to submit both original contributions and review works on this topic, with papers that deal both with the characterization and with corrosion resistance evaluation of different alloys.
Dr. Claudio Gennari
Dr. Luca Pezzato
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- corrosion resistance steels
- light alloys
- microstructure
- critical pitting temperature (CPT)
- heat treatments
- corrosion inhibitors
- surface treatments
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