CORROSION OF MATERIALS – PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF NAVAL STRUCTURES


General Info


  • Course Title: Corrosion Of Materials – Protection And Maintenance Of Naval Structures
  • Course Code: NAOME1345
  • Semester: 7th
  • Course Type: S.1
  • Weekly Teaching Hours: 3 (Lectures)
  • Credits (ECTS): 4
  • Offered to ERASMUS+ students: Yes
  • Course Website: https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/NA226/
  • Professors: I. Iakovidis


Course Content / Syllabus


Lectures: An overview of the corrosion process. Electrochemistry (oxidation and reduction half reactions, electrochemical potential, galvanic cells, Faraday’s law). Thermodynamics of corrosion (equilibrium electrochemistry, Nernst equation, Reference electrodes, Pourbaix diagrams). Kinetics of corrosion (corrosion rate, polarization, overpotential). Forms of corrosion. Corrosion of shipbuilding materials. Corrosion in ship and marine structures. Anti-corrosive protection (design, cathodic protection, SACP, ICCP, passivity, protecting coatings, inhibitors and passivators). Marine coatings and paints. Survey and maintenance of naval structures.


Course Outline



  1. G.B. = General Background, S.B. = special background, S.: Specialised.↩︎