Corrosion Engineering

Branko N. Popov is Carolina Distinguished Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, USA is. He has established at USC an internationally recognized research program in corrosion and electrochemical engineering and is among the world’s most highly cited and respected researchers in the field. In the last four years, his work at University of South Carolina led to research grants of $10M from the government and industry. During his seventeen years of service at USC and as the Director of the Centre for Electrochemical engineering. his research group has published 220 peer-reviewed articles, 52 proceeding volume articles, and 13 book chapters. His research group presented more than 220 conference papers on the National and International Conferences organized globally. His research group presented more than 235 conference papers on the National and International Conferences organized globally. He has received funding from DOE, NSF, ONR, ARMY, Reconnaissance Office, NRO, NASA, AESF, DOT and private companies. Dr. Popov has been included in the lists in 2014 and 2015 of ISI Highly Cited Researchers, which represents a world’s leading scientist, according to Tomson Reuters. According to Scholar Commons, his papers were accessed more than 53,500 times.

Chapter 1. Evaluation of Corrosion

Chapter 2. Thermodynamics in the Electrochemical Reactions of Corrosion

Chapter 3. Electrochemical Kinetics of Corrosion

Chapter 4. Passivity

Chapter 5. Basics of Corrosion Measurements

Chapter 6. Galvanic Corrosion

Chapter 7. Pitting and Crevice Corrosion

Chapter 8. Hydrogen Permeation and Hydrogen-Induced Cracking

Chapter 9. Stress Corrosion Cracking

Chapter 10. Atmospheric Corrosion

Chapter 11. High-Temperature Corrosion

Chapter 12. Corrosion of Structural Concrete

Chapter 13. Organic Coatings

Chapter 14. Corrosion Inhibitors

Chapter 15. Cathodic Protection

The book contains end of chapter problems and a Solutions Guide with problem solutions.