MARINE AND OFFSHORE CORROSION

This book, "Marine and Offshore Corrosion," offers a clear understanding of corrosion control strategies specifically tailored for marine environments, with emphasis on economic viability. It elucidates the underlying electrochemical and mechanical processes that contribute to corrosion, including erosion, abrasion, and wear.

The text highlights the critical role of economic assessments in erosion control design, along with structural integrity, construction schedules, material sourcing, and overall costs. It provides in-depth analysis of the marine environment, including seawater characteristics, temperature fluctuations, dissolved gases (such as hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide), electrical conductivity, and biofouling.

Discussion is given to the process involved in materials selection tailored to the marine environments and the text outlines appropriate methods for steel surface preparation prior to painting, optimal paint selection, and considerations for the use of metallic coatings. Key coating selection aspects include cost-effectiveness, predicted service life, adhesion quality, moisture resistance, elasticity, chemical stability, impact resistance, durability against bacteria. The book also addresses maintenance considerations, covering environmental impacts, quality of applied initial treatments, structure construction characteristics, design criteria, purpose suitability.

"Marine and Offshore Corrosion" is organized and designed to provide engineers and designers, irrespective of corrosion specialized training, an overview of corrosion problems and resolutions. Additionally, this text is also be useful to those engineers with general interest in structure, building, or machinery maintenance specially those located near coastal areas.