From the Editor

Institute News

Dear Members,

Welcome to the July-August issue of Corrosion Management.

The month of June was marked by two significant international events. World Environment Day, established in 1972 by the United Nations at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, was observed on 5th June. This day emphasises the urgent need to preserve and enhance our environment. Later in the month, on 23^rd June, we celebrated International Women in Engineering Day (INWED). INWED began in the UK in 2014 as a national campaign by the Women’s Engineering Society and has since grown into a global celebration of the outstanding contributions of women in the engineering field. To honour these important events, we have included two special articles in this issue. The first, “The Importance of Corrosion Technology in Environmental Sustainability,” explores how advancements in corrosion technology are pivotal to protecting our environment. The second is an autobiographical piece by Dr. Jane Lomas titled “My Life in Rust,” offering an inspiring account of her journey in the field of corrosion engineering.         
We are excited to introduce a new column, Corrosion Morphologies. In this column, Sarah Bagnall has contributed an insightful article about CO₂ corrosion.

Our “Ask the Expert” column features an article by Joseph Itodo Emmanuel titled “Screening Tests for Corrosion Inhibitors.” This piece provides valuable guidance on selecting and evaluating the efficacy of corrosion inhibitors.

The first technical article in this issue, “Investigation of Green Corrosion Inhibitors and Comparison with Conventional Inhibitors, Using the Electrochemical Noise Method (ENM),” is authored by Tianyang Lan and Douglas Mills. Their research demonstrates that ENM is a reliable and fast method for assessing the corrosion process and the protective effects of inhibitors at ambient temperatures.

I have contributed the second technical article, “Combating Corrosion Challenges Using Green Corrosion Inhibitors in Acidic Mediums,” where I discuss solutions for addressing corrosion in challenging environments using environmentally 
friendly inhibitors. Dr. Idrees Zafar has authored the third technical article,        “Case Study: Corrosion Monitoring of In-Service Reinforced Concrete Structures.” This case study presents an approach to evaluating the corrosion state of reinforced concrete structures in service and estimating their expected service life in existing harsh/marine environments.

As always, we welcome your contributions and encourage you to send in your content for consideration, including industry news, technical articles, and pieces for the Fellow’s Corner. Thank you for your continued support and engagement with Corrosion Management.

Best Regards

Dr Shagufta Khan, FICorr 
Consulting Editor,  editor@icorr.org


The President Writes

Institute News

Dear Members,

Welcome to the 3rd quarter of 2024 and our excellent journal Corrosion Management.

It has been a real pleasure to see so many improvements delivered to ICorr’s offering, including the expansion of our overseas activities and recent branch development in the UK in Wales and Central Scotland, all described below.  Much of this achievement is down to our dedicated local ICorr volunteers.

As an institute, we continue to focus heavily on investment in our training offerings at all levels, from applicator, through to technician and onwards to inspector/supervisor. New engineering courses in materials topics and corrosion mechanisms continued to be rolled for Industry managers and those seeking CEng/CSci status or specific certifications in areas such as CUI and MIC management.

In a remarkable milestone, the Institute of Corrosion (ICorr), TÜV Rheinland (China) Ltd., and IMechE Argyll Ruane (Sheffield, UK) our ICorr Training Partner, have just celebrated seven years of fruitful collaboration. Last month, we awarded our 1000^th certificate to the recipient, Mr. Huang Guangan, who is the Coating Technical Director of Anhui Honglu Steel Construction (Group) Co. Ltd., China and responsible for coating quality, training, coating process of the company. This success has demonstrated the recognition of ICorr scheme as an international benchmark of personnel competence in surface treatment.

At this time and on behalf of the institute, I would like to express my sincere thanks to John Fletcher (Past President 2026–2016) for more than 40 years’ invaluable service to the Institute, and we wish him good health and happiness in his pending retirement from the Surface Treatment Scheme Manager (STSM) role. John will remain on Council for one further year. We will continue to feature in our Corrosion Management the excellent work of our Professional Tutors drawn from our range of courses and would welcome applications from any new Qualified Tutors that wish to join our Teams.

In support of our expanded Training offering, we now have onboard at our Northampton office Gerry Blomley and Joel Dobb alongside Patricia Bridge. We are most grateful to Bill and Emma Hedges who have been busy inducting our new recruits and to Denise Aldous who continues to support us meanwhile on the finance side. Plans are in progress to improve all our membership services, and particularly membership and certification interfacing, in alignment with our accelerated growth post-pandemic. The institute offers its apologies to any applicants that may have experienced delays during our recent staffing transitions at HQ.

Ahead of us, we have many major events upcoming. August will see our 2024 Annual Corrosion Forum (ACF) kindly hosted by ENGTEQ Aberdeen on 27th August 2024, on the theme “Corrosion Management in the Energy Sector.” This full-day in-person event is always much in demand, with an estimated attendance of 50–70 people, comprising students, technicians, technologists, engineers, scientists, researchers, managers, directors, 
and other professionals mainly in the energy industry. Please contact ICorrABZ@gmail.com for more information or register at the Online Delegate Registration Form.

September will bring us both EuroCorr24 in Paris and Electrochem24 in Manchester through our Corrosion Science Division. There is also the annual Shreir Prize for the best student presentation, please contact Julian Wharton, CSD Chair, for any further information J.A.Wharton@soton.ac.uk

All the above and other events highlighted in our magazine and diary illustrate the hard work put in by our volunteers behind the scenes. 
Please do get involved and keep an eye on the ICorr Events Calendar at: www.icorr.org/events/

Please enjoy your summer break.

With my very best wishes.
Stephen Tate, President: Institute of Corrosion, president@icorr.org

ICorr CEng Direct – Volunteer Assessors

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The Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) is currently in the process of becoming a Full Licensee of Engineering Council, in order to 
be able to provide CEng, IEng and EngTech, directly through ICorr in future. This will be a major improvement to our membership offering and member retention.

We are now looking for Professional Registration assessors 
(for both Applications and Interview assessment purposes).

• Are you Engineering Council registered at CEng level?
• 
Do you want to give back to the profession by helping the next generation of engineers achieve professional registration?
• 
We are looking for volunteers to become Professional Registration Interview (PRI) assessors who will be reviewing, assessing, and interviewing applicants.

By giving us your time, you will be doing vital work, ensuring the future of the profession. All we need from you is 6 hours of your time per month.

If this is of interest to 
you, please reply: 
F.A.O Anthony Setiadi 
admin@icorr.org

New Sustaining Member – R-TECH Materials

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The Institute is very pleased to welcome R-TECH Materials of Port Talbot, Wales, as a new sustaining member. R-TECH Materials works across a diverse range of industries and sectors and supports their clients with their engineering materials needs.

Aerospace – R-TECH plays an active part in the aerospace sector through its membership in the Wales Aerospace Forum and has invested in state-of-the-art testing equipment meeting the needs of the aerospace sector and is presently seeking Nadcap accreditation. On the metallic side of the business, the company has also examined a number of material failures in the aerospace sector, including fasteners and seat supports.
 
Automotive – R-TECH has a fully accredited independent testing laboratory for the testing of polymer, composite, and metallic materials for the automotive industry, with experience of running and participating in R&D projects and delivering bespoke testing programmes for industry.

Construction – R-TECH has specialist expertise in reinforcing steels, prestressing steels, and related products, testing services regularly working on some of the most safety critical structures, including Q1 nuclear class structures. They are closely involved in the national and international standards making bodies in these areas.

Marine – R-TECH is a global testing partner for composite materials for Lloyd’s Register’s marine business and supplies a full range of integrity services, Including, design and materials evaluation, fitness for service, remaining life prediction, life extension, performance optimisation, safety, risk and reliability management, failure analysis and problem solving.

Metals Manufacture – R-TECH industrial testing equipment is capable of testing a wide range of metallic materials and can handle products ranging from fractions of a millimetre in diameter to products of 50 mm in diameter or above. Its mechanical testing capability includes tensile, compression, bend, flexure, shear, and fatigue. They can test machined samples or full-size products, and we have the capability to design and build bespoke test rigs 
where required. The company regularly supports R&D projects, 
by looking at material processing issues, investigating product quality problems, or providing an independent assessment of 
client complaints.

Oil and Gas – R-Tech has experience in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including platform structures, pipelines, drilling applications, FPSO vessels, and risers, which can see some of the harshest working environments. Its staff ensures the integrity and reliability of materials for oil and gas service that are critical to continued safe production.

Petro-Chemical – R-TECH is the primary metallurgical support partner for a large number of UK refineries. Services for the petrochemical sector include: 
• Plant integrity assessment failure analysis, on site condition assessment, expert witness, research and development.

Power Generation – R-TECH has particular expertise in high temperature plants, where the use of austenitic stainless steel in certain types of power plants is common. They have conducted a number of research and development programmes on the thermal degradation of austenitic and have developed a unique life assessment tool based on plant condition assessment, and our own world-leading in-house model, which is the result of several years of research. 

Training Services – R-TECH is an established training provider for the servicing industry, energy operators, and institutes, including BSSA (British Stainless Steels Association) and most recently ICorr.

Contact Details: 
R-TECH Materials, Kenfig Industrial Estate, Testing House, Port Talbot SA13 2PE

Email: info@r-techmaterials.com

Phone: +44 (0) 1656 748 000

Web: www.r-techmaterials.com