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PREFACE

This book is an attempt to present a subject which affects everyone of us in our daily
lives in a simple form. Corrosion manifests itself in many forms. Without the use of
metals, our society would not have advanced, but we allow our most valuable natural
resources to be wasted through corrosion.
Corrosion is inevitable, but it can be controlled. Scientists have a major respon-
sibility by their contributions and efforts to reduce unnecessary levels of corrosion,
and it is the responsibility of everyone who uses metals to the best advantage. An
understanding of corrosion and its control is important for everybody, if only for the
obvious reason that it saves money. Studies of the effects of corrosion on society have
shown that we seem unable to learn from our mistakes. Thus, the aim and scope of
this book is to address corrosion problems, the resulting costs and methods of pre-
venting and controlling the corrosion problems to achieve reduced corrosion costs,
save lives and lessen environmental damage.
This book is centered around five facets of corrosion science: (i) introduction and
forms of corrosion; (ii) corrosion costs in various economic sectors; (iii) causes of
various forms of corrosion; (iv) various methods of corrosion control and prevention
in various sectors and (v) consequences of corrosion.
The first chapter constitutes an introduction to corrosion and various forms of cor-
rosion such as general or uniform or quasi-uniform corrosion, galvanic corrosion,
stray current corrosion, localized corrosion, such as pitting and crevice corrosion,
metallurgically influenced and microbiologically influenced corrosion, mechanically
assisted corrosion and environmentally induced cracking.
The second chapter deals with corrosion costs in various countries such as the
United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Kuwait, West Germany,
Finland, Sweden, India and China in various industry sectors such as highway

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