New book, 'Introduction to High Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion', explains the fundamentals of high temperature corrosion and oxidation
Material degradation at high temperatures is a serious problem in several high tech industries.
Gas turbines and heating elements are just a few of the examples where corrosion either limits their use or reduces their life, considerably affecting their efficiency.
Oxidation is the most important high temperature corrosive reaction.
Alloys often rely upon the oxidation reaction to develop a protective oxide layer to resist corrosion attack.
A new book from ASM International, Introduction to High Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion, explains the fundamentals of high temperature corrosion and oxidation.
This book starts with a basic chapter on the fundamentals of high temperature corrosion and related topics.
The next two chapters provide the basic knowledge that is required to understand the mechanism of high temperature corrosion.
The book then goes on to cover oxidation of various alloys and metals and covers the principles of various high temperature coatings to combat corrosion.
The last chapter deals with practical examples of high temperature corrosion in industry.
One unique feature of this book is that it gives readers the analytical tools to characterize oxide scales in order to understand the mechanism of oxidation.
Introduction to High Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion will enable engineers and other technical personnel to understand how quickly different metals react with different environments at high temperatures, the mechanisms of these reactions, and the corrosivity of different environments.
It will also teach them how to control reactions, how to protect metals from degradation, and how to select the best materials for specific high temperature applications.
This book will be a great asset for workers in the chemical, petrochemical, electric power generation and related industries.
It also serves as an excellent textbook for graduate and post-graduate courses on high temperature corrosion.
It is written in a manner suitable for a beginner to understand high temperature corrosion.
The author, Professor A.S.
Khanna, is an international authority on the subject, having spent more than fifteen years in the field before joining the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay to teach high temperature corrosion. Introduction to High Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion is available through American Technical Publishers and sells for £91.00.
