The Corrosion Lab supports all CSM activites related to R&D projects and services on corrosion. The skill of the personnel and its equipment endowment make the lab a well-known and reliable partner to industry in solving problems, choosing the best-fitted materials for the application to be developed, and supplying technological data for the design of industrial and civil systems and structures.
The Lab also offers service of materials characterization concerning the following topics:
- Stress Corrosion Cracking;
- Sulphide Stress Cracking;
- Hydrogen Embrittlement;
- Pitting and Crevice corrosion;
- Uniform Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Resistance;
- Environmental Exposure and corrosion;
- Electrochemical Corrosion;
- Galvanic Corrosion.
To do that the lab can count on the following apparata:
- SCC Equipment
- HP/HT Equipment.
As far as it concerns the characterisation of surfaces at environmental exposure, CSM is endowed with several atmospheric exposure sites equipped with apparata and devices for evaluating the corrosion behaviour in actual outdoor environmental conditions.
A wide number of environmental conditions are available at the CSM exposure sites. They are positioned in areas classified in terms of atmospheric aggressiveness, according to international standards (UNI EN 12500, ISO 9224).
CSM’s Exposure Sites are placed at the following locations:
- Castel Romano (Roma): rural/marine environment
- CNR-ISMAR (Genova) – Harbour site: industrial/marine environment
- Terni: industrial environment.
Exposure sites are equipped with weather stations for monitoring and recording the main environmental parameters like: temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, rain amount and chemical composition , solar irradiation, wet film, speed and direction of wind.
Components or parts can be exposed on structures specifically built. Evaluation of the exposed materials behaviour, consulting and access to data base are supplied to customers.