Corrosion monitoring focused site - updated August 1, 2008            Disclaimer

Why not try out the new search engine www.cuil.com ... and see what it delivers for your (favorite) terms corrosion monitoring and corrosion.

A good, solid technical definition can be useful (or even crucial) in corrosion matters ... but is not always easy to find.

You can now stop searching "high and low" for the definition of a pit gauge (pit gage), since Mark Palynchuk of Western Instruments Inc. has kindly provided the following:

"Pit Gauge or US Pit Gage n. A device to measure the depth of Corrosion (Rust). A Pit Gauge can take various forms, in the most basic as a simple Lever and Pointer or more accurate units using a Dial or Digital Indicator to provide the measurement displacement. Pit Depth Gauge, Depth Gauge, Bridging Bar."

The Basics:
What is corrosion monitoring ...and why monitor corrosion ?
In a nutshell - the corrosion monitoring mantra
Basic electrochemical corrosion theory

Background:
The costly and painful corrosion cycle
The thermodynamic corrosion cycle
Costs (nature of) and corrosion costs in industries/regions (numbers)
Manage corrosion, instead of mismanaging it
Preventive and predictive maintenance, away from corrective practices
Reliability
Data & Information
Forms (mechanisms) of corrosion damage

Techniques:
Techniques and sensors

Reference:
Standards
Links
Publications

Not so serious:
Top 10 reasons for becoming a corrosion engineer or scientist (or both)
Top 10 reasons for working in corrosion monitoring
If you do not monitor corrosion ...
Unwilling corrosion
Coupons, an illusion
10 Golden Rules of corrosion (... and a few more)

Site Contents:
Alphabetic listing of site's pages