Corrosion Science Chemistry Research Article

16 Corrosion: Understanding the Basics Table 4 NACE International technical committees Committee T-1 T-2 T-3 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8 T-9 T-10 T-11 T-14 Activity Corrosion control in petroleum production Energy technology Corrosion science and technology Corrosion problems in the process industries Protective coatings and linings Corrosion by waters Refining industry corrosion Military, aerospace, and electronics equipment corrosion control Underground corrosion control Corrosion and deterioration of the infrastructure Corrosion in the transportation industry Table 5 ASTM committee G-1 on corrosion of metals Subcommittee G01.02 G01.03 G01.04 G01.05 G01.06 G01.07 G01.08 G01.09 G01.10 G01.11 G01.12 G01.14 G01.99.01 Activity Terminology Computers in corrosion Atmospheric corrosion Laboratory corrosion tests Stress-corrosion cracking and corrosion fatigue Galvanic corrosion Corrosion of nuclear materials Corrosion in natural waters Corrosion in soils Electrochemical measurements in corrosion testing In-plant corrosion tests Corrosion of reinforcing steel Corrosion of implant materials national. NACE was formed in 1943 with the aim of assisting the public and industry in the use of corrosion prevention and control to re- duce the billions of dollars lost each year caused by corrosion. Table 4 lists NACE technical committees. NACE also sponsors a yearly inter- national congress on corrosion. ASTM (formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials) is also very active in the field of corrosion. The main committee is G-1 on corrosion of metals. Its scope is “the promotion of knowledge, the stim- ulation of research, the collection of engineering data, and the develop- ment of standard test methods, practices, guides, classifications, speci- fications and terminology relating to corrosion and methods for corrosion-protection of metals.” A list of the subcommittees in G-1 is shown in Table 5. Other societies having interests in corrosion are the American Insti- tute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers; the American Petroleum Institute; the Electrochemical Society; the American Insti- tute of Chemical Engineers; the American Welding Society; ASM In- ternational; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Society for Protective Coatings (formerly the Steel Structures Painting Coun- cil); and SAE International (formerly the Society of Automotive Engi- neers). Most of these societies have symposia on corrosion at their vari- ous meetings.

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