Department of Chemical Engineering

Course Outline

ChE730 Advanced Corrosion

Spring 2004

Lecturer:

Professor Srdjan Nesic
room 181, Stocker Center
office hours: MWF 3 pm - 4 pm
tel. 593 9945
fax. 593 9949
email: nesic@ohio.edu

Subject Objectives:

The primary aim of this subject is to explore advanced topics in the field of corrosion.

Prerequisites:

None. However, having taken a basic corrosion course such as ChE430/530 is a good foundation.

Lecture times:

TBA

Syllabus:

A number of topics listed below will be covered.

Flow accelerated corrosion
Erosion
Erosion-corrosion
CO₂ corrosion
Electrochemical reactions of particular interest in corrosion
Water chemistry and corrosion
Corrosion modeling
Corrosion testing and monitoring
Metallurgical aspects of corrosion
Corrosion in seawater
Corrosion in soil
Corrosion in concrete
Microbiological corrosion
High-temperature corrosion
Corrosion inhibitors
Coatings

Assignments

After a brief introduction of the topics, each student will be asked to select a topic/project to work on. The student will be asked to regularly report on the progress made on the project as well as prepare a presentation and submit a final report.

Textbook:

No single textbook is recommended.

Assessment:

The criterion based method of assessment will be used.

75% - project (report 40%, verbal presentation 30%, attendance and project presentation assessment 5%).
25% - final, closed-book, 2-hour examination at the end of semester.

In the case of the project work, an important output will be the written report which will be assessed according to a set of weighting factors assigned to the following six criteria:

Criterion	weight
Introduction: scene setting and problem definition	1
Research: evidence of literature survey	2
Content: evidence of substantial understanding of presented information, depth of treatment	3
Discussion: evidence of critical thoughts, supporting arguments, synthesis, linkage of ideas	2
Conclusions: concise, relevant and clear	1
Presentation: structure of report, appropriate language, concise style, grammar, spelling, references	2

The verbal presentation of the project will be assessed according to the following set of criteria, all carrying the same weight.

Criterion	weight
logic and structure of presentation	1
substance of presentation - depth of treatment	1
verbal delivery	1
overall presentation clarity	1
handling of discussion	1
quality of audio-visual aids	1

The schedule of presentations will be announced at least two weeks ahead of their commencement.

The final component of the project work: attendance and assessment of fellow students' project presentations will be marked proportional to the number of project presentation sessions attended.

The end-of-semester examination (worth 25% of the final mark) will test the level of understanding of the material presented during the project presentations. The marking scheme will be stated in the examination paper, where up to 20% will be awarded for demonstrating an understanding of the basic concepts and originality, while in-depth understanding must be displayed to earn the remaining 5%.

Attendance policy:

Attendance to all sessions is required. No enforcement policy will be in effect, however students are responsible for all the material covered in class.

Academic misconduct:

All homework submissions will be individual work of each student. No unauthorized collaboration of any kind is permitted during preparation of the submissions or during the exam. All suspected cases will be treated according to University Policy as stated in the Catalog and the Student Handbook.