Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Metals and Steels

Dear Colleagues,

Globally, more than USD 400 million is spent annually on corrosion protection and lost productivity because of corrosion and its related failure. Corrosion process involves chemical and electrochemical reactions and is closely related to the microstructure, mechanical state and service environment. Especially for metals and steels, corrosion behavior induces degradation of the mechanical properties and can even cause cracking. Metals and steels are usually used to manufacture structural components served in a variety of complex stress states. As a result, stress corrosion cracking is an extremely dangerous failure form for metals and steels. Thus, corrosion has always been a hot topic for research in industry and academia. Moreover, in some specific environments, i.e., in an organism or at extremely high or low temperatures, corrosion resistance is a performance index that must be considered in the development of corresponding advanced metallic materials. Thus, revealing the corrosion mode, clarifying the corrosion mechanism, establishing a corrosion model, and understanding the relationship between corrosion behavior and performance degradation are ongoing concerns for metals and steels.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a research forum to report corrosion and stress corrosion cracking of metals and steels, as well as the related microstructure and mechanical performance to address existing challenges in corrosion science.

For this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: corrosion behavior and mechanism; stress corrosion cracking behavior and mechanism; high-temperature oxidation; cathodic protection; hydrogen embrittlement; improving corrosion resistance methods; inhibitors for corrosion; efficient testing techniques for corrosion and stress corrosion cracking; influencing factors of corrosion; stress corrosion cracking resistance methods; characterization of the corroded microstructure; evolution mechanism of mechanical properties in corrosion environment; and the design and development of novel corrosion-resistant material.

I will look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Xiaogang Li
Prof. Dr. Roy Johnsen
Guest Editors

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• metals and steels
• corrosion
• stress corrosion cracking
• mechanical properties
• microstructure
• anti-corrosion methods
• hydrogen embrittlement
• anti-corrosion material