99 Best Books on Corrosion Engineering

“Corrosion Engineering” Book Review: The interesting fact about this textbook is that it talks about corrosion in terms of ‘corrosives’ or ‘environments’ rather than speaking in terms of the materials. It explains all the important aspects of the subject, Corrosion Engineering. It even contains detailed historical case studies, therefore, making itself useful in large plants. Graduates, aspirants and maintenance personnel can use this as a guide as well as a self study material. It has a successful approach to concepts making it a preferred book in the subject.

“Corrosion and Corrosion Control” Book Review: The book in its latest edition, gives an overview of the essential aspects of corrosion science and engineering that underpin the tools and technologies used for managing corrosion, enhancing reliability, and preventing failures. It Begins by introducing the topic along with the new discoveries with respect to corrosion. The book covers all the latest developments and advancements in the field of corrosion control which also includes alloys for corrosion control as well as the developments that are happening in the industry. The book also demonstrates many tools and technologies that are used to manage corrosion and failure prevention. The book also contains alloys for controlling corrosion and includes discussions on polarization, environmental concerns and many more. It has a strong emphasis on environmental concerns and regulations in the context of their impact on corrosion engineering. It even includes examples to explain the topic effectively. It will be helpful for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in engineering and materials science courses, as well as for engineers, technologists, researchers, and other professionals who need information on this timely topic.

“Corrosion Engineering” Book Review: The comprehensive explanations to the effect of water, atmosphere and high-temperature environments on various materials, keeps the reader awestruck and going. This comprehensive resource explains step-by-step how to prevent and control corrosion in all types of metallic materials and applications-from steel and aluminum structures to pipelines. It has a large number of illustrations on how to utilize advanced inspection and monitoring methods for corrosion problems in infrastructure, process and food industries, manufacturing, and military industries. It even covers the latest methods used to deal with corrosion.

“Modelling Aqueous Corrosion: From Individual Pits to System Management” Book Review: It explains the fact that aqueous corrosion continues to cost nations dearly in almost every area of technological endeavour, this book comes to the rescue. It focuses on the models that have been used successfully over the past decade. It tries to encourage new perspectives and therefore leads the way to newer solutions to the age-old problems. It will be very helpful for those working with materials and water in general so they can increase the quality of their service by making well-informed decisions.

“Corrosion: Aqueous Processes and Passive Films: Treatise on Materials Science and Technology” Book Review: This book specializes in aqueous corrosion of passive films. This monograph will be of interest to engineers, metallurgists, and materials scientists. It discusses corrosion at length. It begins by discussing pitting corrosion and goes on to the introduction of the theoretical aspects of corrosion of glassy alloys as well as their resistance to uniform corrosion. Stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement and applications of corrosion-resistant glassy alloys are discussed later too.

“Handbook of Cathodic Corrosion Protection” Book Review: This is a handbook that gives the fundamentals regarding Cathodic Corrosion Protection and acts as a guide to beginners in this field. This is a definitive reference for those who are interested too. The theoretical as well as practical discussions on the aspects of cathodic corrosion is the highlight of this volume. It acts as a handbook for those who have serious interest in the subject of corrosion. It is a good source for reference even in classrooms. This comprehensive text covers even the latest advancements in the field. This book contains fundamentals and practice of electrical measurements, Corrosion in water and soil, Corrosion protection by coatings and cladding in detail. It also explains acrificial anodes, Impressed current anodes, Impressed current installations and protective current instruments.

“Metallic Corrosion: Principles and Control” Book Review: The book is designed for the students who are studying Electrochemistry. Main aim of the book is to discuss the Destruction caused to the Materials and their consequences. The book also talks about various techniques to prevent Corrosion such as Anticorrosive Painting, Epoxy Coating and Galvanizing method. This textbook is divided into four sections – The first section deals with hydrogen damage, corrosion of duplex steels, stainless steel followed by Impedance Technique, Corrosion Problems in nuclear power plants and Offshore Corrosion. Second section deals with Hot Corrosion, coatings on steel for corrosion and wear resistance and the last section talks about Organic Coatings for Corrosion prevention.

“Corrosion and Corrosion Control” Book Review: The book is designed for Advanced Undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and Materials science courses as well as for Technologists, Researchers. The book gives an overview of the essential aspects of Corrosion science and Engineering. The book has a quantitative approach to corrosion and its control. The book introduces to the new concepts which includes Element of Risk Management in Corrosion Engineering. It discusses the basic thermodynamic and electrochemical principles that cause corrosion and treats practical corrosion problems and methods of protection and prevention. It has illustrative solutions to the various problems with respect to the subject that helps the learners study and understand properly. Special discussion on Electrochemical Polarization, Steel reinforcement, Applications of Corrosion Control Technologies are there in the book. The book laid emphasis on Electrochemical Mechanisms, Thermodynamics which include Electrode Potential and Corrosion Tendency also Pourbaix Diagram, Kinetics and Passivity. The book incorporates various topics like Iron and Steel, Effect of Stress, Atmospheric Corrosion, Oxidation.

“Corrosion and Control in Industries” Book Review: The book is published for the students who are researchers who are interested in studying the whole Concept of Corrosion and its Control. The book discusses the basic principles, types and methods of mitigating Corrosion phenomena in a very simple language. The book majorly talks about Corrosion Failures, method of its failure followed by economics of choice for replacement parts. The book covers various topics like Engineering coating and its method, High Temperature corrosion process. The book is very informative for Metallurgists, Undergraduate students pursuing Corrosion and Metallurgy Engineering.

“Design and Corrosion Control” Book Review: The book aims to give information about the Design and control of Corrosion to the readers. The book begins with Common forms of Corrosion along with their preventive measures, systematic analysis, materials along with Compatibility. The book also discusses Geometry of materials, Mechanics, Surface, Protection from Corrosion with their techniques. The book entails various concepts of Maintainability of materials, Economics and Plan of action is also discussed in this book. The book is very much informative and is useful for the students who want to learn full concepts of Corrosion, its design and its control.

“Applied Metallurgy and Corrosion Control: A Handbook for the Petrochemical Industry (Indian Institute of Metals Series)” Book Review: The comprehensive textbook discusses Selection of Metals and materials for the petrochemical industrial sector. The book is published with the aim of providing all the necessary concepts related to Metallurgy and Corrosion to the engineering students. The boom covers the major part of Metallic Materials and their properties, Metal forming processes, Welding and Corrosion. The book also discusses Corrosion control measures followed by considerations in material selection and corrosion control in Oil & Gas Industries. Importance of pressure Vessel Codes as well as Maintenance repair practice have also been highlighted in the book.

“Intelligent Coatings for Corrosion Control” Book Review: This book is a collection of comprehensive information on the emerging field of intelligent coatings. It begins with the basic discussion of corrosion and its prevention. It then goes on to provide insight into the ongoing research, current trends, and technical challenges in this rapidly progressing field. It even consists of many examples of current and potential applications of smart coatings to a variety of corrosion problems making the concepts easy-to-understand.

“Corrosion Engineering” Book Review: This book is like a dictionary for engineers and academics looking forward to digging into the effects of corrosion. The book is divided into 10 chapters each explaining corrosion, from its principle to their applications. It covers topics like Hydrochloric Acid, Crevice Corrosion, Selective Leaching, Corrosion Testing and Prevention, etc. It also covers some advanced topics like Mineral Acids, Nitric Acid, Modern Theory Principles and Applications in detail.

“Reactivity of Antimony and its oxide Film in Electroactive Media” Book Review: The book talks about the various uses of antimony to begin with and goes on to explain that electrochemical oxidation of humic acids present in water at the antimony-and nickel-doped tin oxide electrode is important since the presence of such acids in water causes many problems. It also discusses the importance of investigating the corrosion behavior of antimony and the stability of its anodic oxide films in aqueous solutions containing electroactive species using some electrochemical measurements.

“Corrosion and Its Control: Proceedings of International Conference on Corrosion” Book review: The book is a two volume collection of papers from CORCON-97. The Plenary talks covers various topics including the importance of corrosion in nuclear and coal power. It talks about the monitoring processes in the industrial operations and military aircraft system.

“Atmospheric Corrosion of Copper and Its Research Method/Series of Corrosion Control Technology and Application” Book Review: A systematically written book about the atmospheric corrosion of metal copper widely used in electronics and other related fields by combining atmospheric corrosion and atmospheric chemistry with related fields. It contains the quantitative and qualitative research methods of the atmospheric corrosion in the book by combining years of work experience in the field of atmospheric corrosion. This textbook as well as reference book is used by students, teachers, researchers and anyone wanting to learn about corrosion.

“Corrosion Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering)” Book Review: The focus of the book is on power cable systems. It is recommended to graduate and post graduate students and working professionals. The book deals with the various methods of design and manufacture of power cable systems. Installation and operation of reliable systems is also covered. Topics related to maintenance and evaluation are highlighted. Readers can also find numerous applications throughout the text.

“Pipeline Corrosion and Cathodic Protection, Third Edition: A Practical Manual for Corrosion Engineers, technicians, and field personnel” Book Review: The main idea of the book is basics of pipeline corrosion and methods of protection. It can be of use to technicians and engineers. The book covers the basics and fundamentals of the subject. Emphasis is laid on cathodic protection of buried pipe lines. The required mathematical concepts are elucidated wherever necessary.

“The Fundamentals of Corrosion and Scaling for Petroleum and Environmental Engineers” Book Review: The focus of the book is on various aspects of corrosion from a petroleum plant standpoint. It is recommended to researchers and working professionals. Aspects of corrosion such as reliability and prevention are discussed. Scale control technologies are highlighted. Equipment integrity and prevention strategies of fatigue are also covered.

“NACE Corrosion Engineer’s Reference Book” Book Review: The book deals with corrosion tests and data. It targets corrosion technologists and workers pertaining to the domain. Several types of corrosion and testing strategies are described in the book. Various environments of corrosion such as seawater, cooling water and atmospheric corrosion are also discussed. Special importance is given to protective coatings and cathodic protection.

“Corrosion Basics: An Introduction” Book Review: The book includes a wide variety of topics related to corrosion. It can be accessed by students, researchers as well as engineers. Different types of materials and corrosion methods are covered. Prevention of corrosion is discussed. Environments as well as corrosion monitoring strategies are also elucidated.

Book Review: This book covers all the concepts related to corrosion engineering as well as corrosion science that includes noble metals, coatings, mechanical properties, corrosion testing as well as many modern concepts. The book is suitable to undergraduate and graduate courses as well as a good reference book for plant engineers and maintenance personal. The book also demonstrates many examples that describe the causes as well as cures of corrosion problems. The book also contains mechanical properties of materials.

Book Review: This book covers both theoretical and practical concepts related to water, atmospheric and high temperature corrosion processes. The book also explains many preventive measures for corrosion that are used in all metallic materials as well as steel and aluminum pipeline structures. The book describes many inspection procedures to deal with the corrosion problems in industries like food, process, military and manufacturing. The book also contains many new and advanced methods to deal with corrosion. The book also contains numerous examples and calculations.

“Corrosion and Protection of Materials Used in Industrial Equipment” Book Review: The book deals with protection and corrosion prevention of materials. It can be of use to researchers carrying out studies in the field. Recent advances in the field of corrosion and protection against corrosion are studied. Kinetics of electrode processes are described. Many other crucial processes employed in the protection of materials are included.

“Corrosion and Protection” Book Review: The book introduces corrosion science and principles of protection to the readers. It is recommended to engineering students of different domains and working professionals as well. Several corrosion processes along while elucidating different types and forms of corrosion. Relation between practical problems and theory of corrosion is highlighted. Readers can also find numerous examples and diagrams throughout the text aiding the readers in a better understanding of the concepts.

“Corrosion Protection of Building Materials” Book Review: The book highlights the strategies employed in protection of building materials against corrosion. It targets students as well as researchers of the field. The book begins by introducing the readers to the fundamentals of corrosion or building materials before diving into various protective and preventive measures for various materials. Further, corrosion protection concepts of several materials including concrete, mortar, ceramic, glass, building metals and nonmetals and organic building materials are discussed.

“Rubber as a Construction Material for Corrosion Protection” Book Review: The book deals with corrosion protection and prevention using rubber as the material. It can be accessed by chemical engineers, researchers along with students and personnel involved in the construction industry. Various rubber lined equipment such as thin-walled structures, vacuum vessels, ducts, large diameter tanks, agitators, and fully lined pipes are covered. Few chapters deal with concepts of ebonite, soft and hard rubber employing vulcanization technology and testing and measurements. Readers can also find several case studies in the book demonstrating practical aspects of rubber as building material. Aging and prediction of service life is also elucidated.

tze”] “Protective Oxide Scales and their Breakdown” Book Review: The book focuses on formation of oxide layers. It targets researchers mainly involved in studies of formation and behaviour of oxide layers. The book begins by elucidating the prerequisites for the protective action of the oxide scales. Subsequent sections of the book deal with several behavioural patterns such as development under high temperatures, mechanical stresses, healing of damage and deformation behaviour. Depletion by oxidizing and crack healing of alloy elements forming protective scales is also highlighted.

“Electromagnetic Shielding and Corrosion Protection for Aerospace Vehicles” Book Review: Shielding effectiveness and its applications in aircrafts is the main idea of this book. It can be referred to by researchers, scientists and working professionals of aerospace technology. Shielding effectiveness is elucidated with the help of conductivity. Optimization of shielding effectiveness for several aerospace vehicles is covered. Prevention materials employed in maintaining EMI/EMP protection of aircraft and weapon systems are also discussed.

“Corrosion Control in the Chemical Process Industries” Book Review: This book introduces corrosion from the fundamentals. The book discusses mechanisms, attributes of common materials and their corrosion characteristics, the corrosive nature of common environments, and elements of corrosion control. Includes line diagrams and charts. It is a good guide for engineers, scientists, and supervisors in the chemical and other process industries.

“Corrosion Control” Book Review: The book explains corrosion in three parts. The first one being, chemical dissolution. The second part is electrochemical corrosion from either metallurgical or environmental cells. The last one talks about corrosive-mechanical interactions. This book’s target audience is university students and industry personnel who avoid corrosion theory assuming its complexity while the book manages to simplify the subject.

“Pipeline Corrosion Control Level 1 TG Modules (Contren Learning)” Book Review: A guide that helps train people. It features highly illustrated designs, technical hints and tips from industry experts as well as review questions. Topics covered in the book are Abnormal Operating Conditions Control Center, Troubleshoot Rectifier, Repair or Replace Defective Rectifier Components, Apply Coating Using Hand and Spray Application Methods. It even has instructor supplements.

“Internal Corrosion Control in Water Distribution Systems” Book Review: This practical manual discusses the ways to control internal corrosion in metal pipes and plumbing pipes, ensure compliance with the USEPA’s Lead and Copper Rule. This book covers everything a professional should know about internal corrosion like causes, pipe problems, health issues caused by internal pipe corrosion, advantages, disadvantages and comparative costs of corrosion control chemicals.

“Hydrostatic Testing, Corrosion, and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: A Field Manual for Control and Prevention” Book Review: This handbook discusses ways to combat corrosion failure associated with hydrotesting. It begins with the fluid to be chosen and goes on to how corrosion by bacteria should be controlled and how to eliminate the risk of leakage. It teaches its readers to evaluate the tests conducted for hydrotests themselves to be able to improvise the possible solutions. It is an invaluable resource for industry professionals, managers, and researchers.

“Corrosion Control and Surface Finishing: Environmentally Friendly Approaches” Book Review: This book is best for the students learning subjects like surface science, surface engineering and mechanical materials. And for the students studying mechanical engineering, materials engineering and chemical engineering. This book gives an idea about the surface finishing for corrosion prevention. It also tells about functions, performance, characteristics and economic profits. This book tells about the concepts of environmental friendliness and its relation to surface treatment.

“Surface Coatings―2”Book Review by A D Wilson: The main aim of the textbook is to talk about Surface coating and its development. The book has laid emphasis on Factors affecting coatings performance, Effectiveness of Coating, Corrosion of Metal substrates. The book begins with Waterborne coating which is a very important type of coating covered in the book followed by Electrodeposition of Paints. The book talks about Acoustic Emission of testing of Coating, Organic Coatings in Corrosion Protection. Also, the book entails a major concept of Galvanized Reinforcement in Concrete. The book at last talks about the practical importance of paint technology, pigmentation. The book has covered all the fields of Coating Technology.

“Modern Cold Spray”Book Review by Julio Villafuerte: The book basically sets out the Science and practical advantages of Current Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying technology. The book focuses on special characteristics of the feedstock materials and also briefs about current Commercial Applications and Cold Spray equipment available in the market. The book has laid emphasis on the current state of the art of the novel cold spray process. The book gives an Overview of the Physics of Cold Spray, Characteristics of Feedstock materials, Coating properties. The book also talks about Residual Stress and Fatigue life Enhancement of Cold Spray.The book helps the reader to gain practical and theoretical knowledge of Cold spray and its technologies.

“Developments in High Temperature Corrosion and Protection of Materials ”Book Review by Gao W: The textbook is very useful for the engineers who develop heat resistant materials, mechanical engineers who design and maintain high temperature equipment and plant, and students who study Protection of materials and High temperature Corrosion. The book focuses on corrosion and protective coatings of metals against corrosion. It can be of use to advanced level students, working professionals and scientists of the field. The book examines the latest developments in understanding of High temperature Corrosion processes followed by protective oxide scales. Solid state reactions as well as internal and external oxidation of alloys is covered. Metal dusting corrosion, tribological degradation and hot corrosion are also discussed. The book is divided into three parts- Part one talks about High Temperature Corrosion which includes contents like solid state reactions, external and internal oxidation of alloys, metal dusting corrosion. Part two talks about methods of protection using ceramics, composites which includes Alumina Scales Metal Matrix Composites etc. Part three of the book contains case studies illustrating some of the challenges of high temperature corrosion to industry and how they can be overcome. Materials discussed include alumina scales, Ti-Al intermetallic compounds, metal matrix composites, chemical vapour deposited silicon carbide, nanocrystalline coatings and thermal barrier coatings. Last section of the book provides the readers with various case studies enabling them to understand the concepts better. Engineers will find this book useful since they are constantly striving to understand and prevent this type of corrosion. The three part textbook covers the latest developments in the understanding of high temperature corrosion processes and protective oxide scales and coatings. It covers illustrated case studies of the key features explained. It also presents the latest research by the leading innovators from around the globe and therefore will be useful to research scientists and students also.

“Corrosion Protection and Control Using Nanomaterials ”Book Review by V S Saji and R M Cook: The textbook focuses on potential use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials for corrosion prevention, protection and control followed by the impact of Nanotechnology in reducing Corrosion Cost. There are majorly two parts of this book- Part one describes the fundamentals of corrosion behaviour and the manufacture of nanocrystalline materials which include the chapters like Impact of nanotechnology in reducing corrosion cost, and inspect influence of various factors including thermodynamics and Kinetics.Part two of the book provides various case studies of applications of nanomaterials in corrosion control which covers topics like sol- gel and self-healing nanocoatings and the use of nanoreservoirs and polymer nanocomposites in corrosion control.

“Underground Pipeline Corrosion (Metals and Surface Engineering)”Book Review by Mark Orazem: The comprehensive book is designed for the students studying corrosion, materials, chemical, petroleum engineering. The book provides an intense knowledge of the problem linked with corrosion detection and mitigation.The book discusses the causes, detection and prevention of Corrosion to underground pipes. The book covers the basic principles for corrosion in underground pipelines, significance of corrosion in onshore oil and gas pipelines followed by use of corrosion inhibitors in managing corrosion in underground pipelines. The book incorporates the concept of Detection of corrosion in underground pipelines include: Magnetic flux leakage, CIS/CIPS. Also, special emphasis is laid on pipelines transporting fossil fuels.The book also contains various case studies demonstrating how corrosion is managed in the underground pipeline industry.

“Fusion-bonded Epoxy: A Foundation for Pipeline Corrosion Protection”Book Review by J A Kehr: The textbook is very informative for Pipeline owners, various engineering companies, third party inspectors along with Coating applicators. The book talks about the aspects of FBE Coatings, their applications along with its use. The book begins with various types of pipe coatings like FBE Pipe Coating Chemistry, External single and dual-layer FBE pipe coatings followed by 3-Layer polyolefin systems, and Internal linings. The book also discusses Custom and pipeline refurbishing coating, joint coatings, the FBE application process. Moreover the book incorporates contents like Cathodic protection with FBE Coatings, analysis and prevention.

“Silanes and Other Coupling Agents” Book Review: The main aim of the book is to discuss Silanes and other Coupling agents with their applications. The book is of tremendous use in the field of Dentistry and Biomedical Engineering. The book is majorly divided into three parts- Part 1 talks about Silane Coupling Agents/Adhesion Promoters; Part 2 deals in Silanes for Corrosion Inhibition/Protection; Parts 3 talks about General papers. The book covers various contents like various ways to deposit silanes and factors affecting silane deposition and silane deposit characteristics; hydrophobic silane films followed by application of silanes in fiber-reinforced composites for dental use. The book also incorporates plasma polymer coatings in corrosion protection of metallic materials; chromata-free silane-containing primer technology etc.Further the textbook brief about surface free energy of silicon-based plasma polymer films.

“Corrosion and Environmental Degradation”Book Review by Michael Schütze and Robert W Cahn: The comprehensive textbook is designed for Metallurgists, Engineers, Physicists as well as Microbiologists involved in Corrosion Science. A great emphasis is laid on the interdisciplinary nature of Corrosion and Electrochemistry. The book incorporates various contents which include Phenomenological and Electrochemical Fundamentals of Corrosion, Fundamentals of High Temperature Corrosion followed by Passivity of Metals and Alloys. The book also talks about Microbial Corrosion, Cathodic and Anodic Protection and Environmentally corrosion inhibitors. Further, the book gives an intense information of Corrosion of Nickel, Steels, Aluminium-based alloys, Ceramic Corrosion along with Corrosion of Steel in Concrete. It also talks about Degradation and Stabilization of Polymers.

“Corrosion of Ceramic Materials, Third Edition (Corrosion Technology)”Book Review by Ronald A McCauley: The book is designed for graduate or senior undergraduate students.The textbook contains a brief information of Bioceramics followed by Nanomaterials as well as Construction Materials. The book contains four main topics which are Corrosion Analysis, Fundamentals, Corrosion of specific materials and Properties of Corrosion. The book aims at giving information on Corrosion by Biological Sources followed by Corrosion of Architectural materials. The book has laid a special emphasis on Composites. The book contains many Questions and Examples and literate sources in each chapter. The book helps the readers address Corrosion problems and create most corrosion- resistant systems.

“Environmental Degradation of Metals: Corrosion Technology Series/14”Book Review by U K Chatterjee and S K Bose: The textbook revolves around Degradation and Prevention of metals from Corrosion. The book lays emphasis on Environmental Degradation a metallic compound may undergo during its processing, Storage and Service. The book investigates the instantaneous and delayed failure of solid metal in contact with liquid metal and also highlights the influence of hydrogen on metal, and profile radiation effect on metal. The book begins with Fundamentals of Aqueous corrosion, forms, prevention, tarnishing and scaling reaction. It also talks about Oxidation of alloys, liquid-metal attack and Radiation Damage.

“Corrosion of Ceramic and Composite Materials,: 7 (Corrosion Technology)”Book Review by Ronald A McCauley: This comprehensive textbook is a perfect guide for the assessment, interpretation, and inhibition of corrosion phenomena. The book briefly explains the aspects of corrosion of ceramics, including environments, mechanisms, and materials. The book majorly covers the fundamentals of corrosion by Gases, Liquid & Solids of several ceramic materials which include Crystalline materials, glasses, bioceramics and advanced ceramics. The book discusses Corrosion relationship and testing. The book collects various numbers of models, figures, and studies providing various techniques to minimize the effects of various mechanisms contributing to the corrosion of civil, aerospace, and military structures. The book contains additional chapters on Composites followed by Bioceramics and Weathering of Construction materials.

“Environmental Degradation of Advanced and Traditional Engineering Materials”Book Review by Lloyd H Hihara and Ralph P I Adler: The book focuses on environmental impacts on the full breadth of materials used for engineering infrastructure, buildings, machines, and components. The book briefly explains the fundamental degradation processes and also presents various examples of degradation. Each chapter in the book provides the basic properties of the class of material, followed by detailed Characteristics of degradation. The book also gives guidelines on how to protect against corrosion.The book gives an overview of Forms of Metallic Corrosion; Crystalline Alloys of Aluminium, Magnesium, Titanium. It also covers Principles of Material Degradation, Degradation Protection and Nanostructured Alloys.

“Atmospheric Degradation and Corrosion Control (Corrosion Technology)”Book Review by Philip A Schweitzer P E: The textbook lays special emphasis on Atmospheric Degradation and control of Corrosion. It is designed for the students who want to study the concept of Corrosion and its control. The book provides the answer to the problems which are related to atmospheric corrosion by covering Corrosion Theory, the Mechanism and effects of Corrosion on a particular material. The book also discusses the means of protecting the material or surface from atmospheric conditions. The book also talks about the assessment of financial cost of protecting constructing materials and various conditions like Temperature, Humidity and presence of contaminants in the air is also discussed in the book.

Book Review:The book describes oxidation processes of metals and alloys at elevated temperatures. The book also explains the fundamental concepts that are used to understand degradation phenomena. The book also introduces basic principles of thermodynamics, corrosion mechanisms for metals and alloys. The booka also discusses oxidation processes that are used in complex systems ranging from mixed environment reactions to protective techniques that also includes coatings and atmosphere control. The book is useful for material scientists and engineers dealing with elementary processes.

Book Review:This book describes the basics of high temperature corrrosion and oxidation. The book also demonstrates the reaction of metals with different environments at high temperatures, the mechanisms of reactions, different environment corrosivity, controlling metals that react with different temperature with different environments, material selection for high temperature applications and many more. This is a very good textbook for graduate and postgraduate courses on high temperature corrosion. The book contains chapters on defects in metal oxides, high temperature coatings and many more.

“Introduction to High Temperature Oxidation of Metals” Book Review: The book focuses on high temperature oxidation processes of metals and alloys. It targets material scientists and engineers. The book begins by introducing the readers to the basic principles of oxidation and corrosion. Properties of thermodynamics and mechanism of high temperature oxidation of metals and alloys is covered. The book then proceeds to talk about the oxidation process in several complex systems. Reactions in mixed environments are covered. Protective techniques such as coatings and atmosphere control are also elucidated.

“Introduction to High Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion” Book Review: The book deals with concepts of oxidation and corrosion at high temperatures. It is recommended to students, engineers and other technicians. The book introduces the fundamentals of corrosion and oxidation to readers before diving into complex topics such as corrosivity of different environments and underlying principles of these reactions. Protective methods of metals from corrosion and oxidation are also covered. Readers can also find numerous applications and appropriate metal selection strategy for these applications.

“High Temperature Corrosion” Book Review: The focus of the book is on corrosion and oxidation and their behaviour at high temperatures. It can be accessed by researchers and academics pertaining to the field. The book begins with elucidating the fundamentals of corrosion and oxidation and various aspects. The book then deals with mechanical properties of materials and the influence of a high or aggressive environment on them. Behaviour pattern of several advanced materials at high temperature is studied with an emphasis on active element effect. The book also discusses protective coatings for high temperatures.

“High-Temperature Corrosion of Engineering Alloys” Book Review: The book talks about various aspects of high temperature corrosion and common problems faced in their applications. It can be of interest to researchers carrying out studies in the field and working professionals. The initial chapters of the book deal with testing and evaluation of several materials. Problems faced by metals and alloys such as oxidation, metal dusting, nitridation and carburization are covered. Corrosion due to factors such as halogen, sulfidation, ash deposition, molten salt corrosion and molten metal corrosion is discussed.

“High Temperature Corrosion and Materials Applications” Book Review: The focus of the book is on corrosion and preventive methods. It can be of use to researchers and scientists involved in the field. Important topics such as erosion and erosion-corrosion are covered. The book also deals with combustion processes in coal-fired boilers, fluidized bed combustion and waste-to-energy boilers. Waste incinerators and black liquor recovery boilers used in the pulp and paper industry are also discussed. Corrosion due to liquid metals is elucidated along with various protective methods.

“High Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion of Metals” Book Review: The book covers fundamentals and several other important topics of oxidation and corrosion at high temperatures. It targets advanced level students as well as researchers of the field. The book begins by talking about concepts of thermodynamics and kinetic theory before diving into complex topics. Corrosion of a pure metal by single oxidant and by multi-oxidant gases is covered. Further, corrosion of alloys and hence production of single oxide or multi-oxidant gases is also discussed. Concepts of diffusion paths are described well in detail.

“Handbook of Corrosion Engineering” Book Review: The main idea of the book is corrosion engineering and various methods employed in the protective coatings against corrosion and oxidation. It can be read by researchers as well as working professionals of the field. Detection of various kinds of corrosion such as aqueous corrosion and high temperature corrosion are covered. Monitoring the atmospheric, water, seawater, soil, concrete, and microbial environments for identifying corrosion is described. Protective coatings such as corrosion inhibitors, cathodic and anodic protection are also discussed.

“High Temperature Coatings” Book Review: As the title suggests, this book is about counteracting the effects of high temperatures on certain surfaces. It covers the make-up and behavior of such materials under thermal stress and the methods used for applying them to specific types of substrates, as well as invaluable advice on inspection and repair of existing thermal coatings.The author has included information of the latest coating materials and coating technologies, as well as hard-to-find guidance on maintaining and repairing thermal coatings, including appropriate inspection protocols. It is an important source for engineers and people working with heat.

“High Temperature Corrosion of Advanced Materials and Protective Coatings: Proceedings of the Workshop” Book Review: The book lets the readers of specialists on High Temperature Corrosion. The topics in the book are related to the high temperature corrosion of engineering alloys, ceramics, Intermetallics and protective coatings. It also covers topics like Hot Corrosion of Engineering Alloys and Corrosion of Nuclear Energy Related Materials in detail. This book will serve as an informative read in the field of corrosion on advanced materials.

“Risk Analysis and Control for Industrial Processes – Gas, Oil and Chemicals” Book Review: It acts as an evolved disaster management textbook. The book explains the methods to handle various aspects of experimenting including capital and operational costs versus the benefits of safety. It even teaches to use the better and current day methods of prevention like System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), Blended HAZID, applications of Bayesian data analytics, Bayesian networks, and others. There are various illustrated examples that explain in detail in how a prevention or a cure process has to take place. It also demonstrates key concepts through the use of examples and relevant case studies.

“Corrosion of Steel in Concrete: Prevention, Diagnosis, Repair” Book Review: This book, as the title says, examines the different aspects of corrosion of steel in concrete. It begins with the introduction and the possible mechanisms. It covers general aspects of corrosion and protection of reinforcement, forms of attack in the presence of carbonation and chlorides, problems of hydrogen embrittlement as well as techniques of diagnosis, monitoring and repair. The book is written with respect to European standards. It is a self study guide for civil engineers, material scientists and architects concerned with the design and maintenance of reinforced concrete structures.

“Corrosion Prevention of Magnesium Alloys (Woodhead Publishing Series in Metals and Surface Engineering)” Book Review: This book is an effective guide to the prevention of corrosion on important light metals. The four part book begins with alloying and prevention strategies. It then goes on to discussing the various treatments. Then, it discusses the coatings including varied plating techniques, cold spray coatings, gel and electroless electrophoresis coatings. Then the final part talks about the case studies, preventative techniques for both automotive and medical applications. The scientists, engineers, metallurgists, aerospace and automotive professionals, and academics interested in this field will find this book a good study.

“Subsea Pipeline Design, Analysis, and Installation” Book Review: This book provides a rigorous cover on the 360° view of the subject. All-inclusive, this handbook covers even the latest breakthroughs in subjects such as corrosion prevention, pipeline inspection, and welding, while offering an easy-to-understand guide to new design codes with good illustrations. It also helps gain expertise in the international design codes. It also helps to master designing procedures of pipelines and risers for today’s deepwater oil and gas.

“Corrosion Engineering and Cathodic Protection Handbook” Book Review: This handbook consists of Corrosion Chemistry, Cathodic Protection, and Corrosion Engineering as well as the author’s works all in the same book. This book is comprehensive and has tons of questions and answers based on the text. It covers the process of corrosion from both scientific and engineering aspects. It is a valuable possession for engineers as it helps them solve the day-to-day problems. It also proves to be a good handbook for students.

“Modeling of Pipeline Corrosion Control by Cathodic Protection: Modeling of pipeline corrosion control” Book Review: The book talks about how modeling of pipeline corrosion control by cathodic protection has been made. Environment resistivity affects limiting current density which is found to be important and other such topics are discussed. It certainly proves to be useful to anyone wanting to know more on the corresponding topic.

“Cathodic Protection: Industrial Solutions for Protecting Against Corrosion” Book Review: This book acts as a reference book as well as a refresher to engineers in the various disciplines as well as scientists across the planet. It consists of the theoretical aspects of cathodic protection and the practical applications of the technology, including the most cutting-edge processes and theories. It helps engineers refresh their chemistry knowledge and increase creativity for the improvement of technology. It also also provides a tremendous introduction to science for newcomers to the field.

“Cathodic protection design for buried steel pipes: simulation of cathodic protection systems using MATLAB” Book Review: This book helps collect information about cathodic protection for pipelines in practical fields. It teaches to obtain a database to understand and optimize the design which is made by simulation. This book describes the effect of anode position and a comparison has been made with other different positions for the same pipe coated/uncoated in different soil conditions. It helps pipeline engineers and designers.

“Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: An Engineering Insight (Engineering Materials and Processes)” Book Review: Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion is a great mystery. This book helps understand the basics for the process. Topics explored include stress corrosion cracking and microbial corrosion, the pros and cons of biocides, the involvement of magnetic bacteria in microbial corrosion, and a new interpretation of cathodic protection based on recent research in microbial environments. It provides an engineering insight to the fundamentals of the procedures for students and anyone interested in resolving one of the mysteries of the corresponding discipline.

“Cathodic Protection of Steel in Concrete and Masonry” Book Review: This book describes both reinforced concrete and masonry structures in detail along with the design factors involved. It also gives a theoretical view to details. It also explores the early use of CP, power supply categories, various impressed current anodes and design criteria for the CP. This book also explains corrosion induced damage and diagnostic techniques with examples in detail. It is specifically designed for practising civil engineers and professionals.

“Corrosion Control for Offshore Structures: Cathodic Protection and High-Efficiency Coating” Book Review: This book tells the fundamentals of prolonging structural life of platforms and pipelines while reducing cost and decreasing the risk of failure. It begins with the fundamental science of corrosion and structures. It contains tables and charts that are easily understood along with case studies for better understanding. The book is therefore a valuable guide to offshore corrosion control both in terms of its theory and application. This book can therefore be referred to by engineering aspirants and professionals that are interested in the field.

“CORROSION ENGINEERING” Book Review: The book consists of an introduction that gives an idea of the subject. It discusses corrosion principles. There are chapters explaining eight forms of corrosion. The book is written in simple language to understand. The major focus area is corrosion testing and corrosion prevention. The text has other topics also like materials and Mineral Acids. It has an easy approach to modern theory application. Lastly, the book concludes high temperature corrosion also.

“Corrosion Problems and Solutions in Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industry (Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality)” Book Review: This book discusses corrosion problems and their solutions in the oil refining and petrochemical industry. Further it discusses the problem including cooling water and boiler feed water units. The text analyzes corrosion control actions, corrosion monitoring, and corrosion management. It discusses the corrosion problems in the oil refining and petrochemical industry. It explains the deterioration of the functional properties of metallic equipment and harm to the environment. This book examines typical and atypical corrosion failure cases. It also suggests prevention at refineries and petrochemical facilities, including problems with: pipelines, tanks and furnaces. The chapters also discuss the problems with distillation columns, absorbers, heat exchangers, and pumps. In addition, it describes naphthenic acid corrosion, stress corrosion cracking and sulfidic corrosion. It primarily discusses the microbiologically induced corrosion, erosion-corrosion, and corrosion fatigue occurring at refinery units. Finally, fouling, corrosion and cleaning are discussed in this book.

“Corrosion and Protection of Materials: Understanding and Application” Book Review: This book is for corrosion engineers, researchers and consultants. It is also useful for students, beginners or experienced professionals who want to learn. The text has chapters on topics like why materials structure in the environments corrode and how to predict the life of the structure. It also discusses how to protect in the most economical way. The book is written in a simple user friendly language. It includes explanation through many images and graphics. The book is a low cost textbook at the undergraduate and graduate level. It is for courses in Material, Chemical, Mechanical and Civil engineering. There is a chapter on corrosion Oil and Gas system which is a job prospect globally and shortage of right professions. The book is helpful to develop engineering software on corrosion prediction and protection. The book is also for business professionals and entrepreneurs for startup companies on Corrosion and protection.

“Steel Corrosion in Concrete: Fundamentals and civil engineering practice (Modern Concrete Technology)” Book Review: This book explains the fundamentals of the corrosion of steel in concrete. It is comprehensive but easy to read. The text provides a basis for the practising engineer. It helps to design concrete structures. There are chapters that help to avoid the problem using modern concepts and specifications. A limited discussion of corrosion measurement and repairs is also provided. Thus the book is essential to study poor durability of concrete in modern building and civil engineering structures.

“Corrosion of Metals: Physicochemical Principles and Current Problems” Book Review: This comprehensive volume of articles provides a review of the developments, current understanding, and future directions in these fields. It discusses the latest advancements in corrosion science. The text offers thorough coverage of corrosion processes. It also includes a cutting edge chapter on nano materials and coatings. The book is an extensive reference for each chapter. It thus also discusses the recent advances in instruments and techniques. The book provides a better understanding of corrosion science and technology of materials.

“Corrosion of Stainless Steels (Corrosion Monograph Series)” Book Review: This comprehensive text provides an up-to-date introduction to corrosion of stainless steels. It also provides information about metallurgical factors. This covers the advances made with stainless steels in recent. There are chapters on applications from marine technologies and off-shore oil production to power plants and the kitchen sink. This book offers insights into the corrosion mechanisms affecting stainless steels. It explains detailed problem-avoidance strategies, and helps identify corrosion-resistant capabilities for the alloys. Thus the book provides a comprehensive introduction to the selection, development, and production of all types of stainless steels. It also emphasizes how metallurgical factors affect corrosion resistance. Lastly, it provides baseline knowledge and testing standards for stainless steels. The volume facilitates failure analysis for industrial purposes or litigation related to equipment failure. It is preferable for materials scientists, chemical engineers and corrosion specialists. The book is also for graduate students who need to be brought up to date on this subject.

“Insight into Designing Biocompatible Magnesium Alloys and Composites: Processing, Mechanical and Corrosion Characteristics” Book Review: This book presents effects of various suitable alloying elements and particulate reinforcements on mechanical and degradation properties of pure Mg and Mg alloys targeting biomedical applications.