Corrosion is an unavoidable tendency which occurs in all metals and alloys. As per a report published by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), the global cost of corrosion is around 3.4% of the global GDP (2013). The corrosion can be delayed using corrosion protection methods, but it is nearly impossible to achieve 100% corrosion-resistant materials. Advanced corrosion practices implementation can help save the corrosion cost by around 35%. Cathodic protection, galvanizing alloying, and barrier coatings, to name a few, are conventional protection methods which are being used to minimize corrosion. The development of new materials and new manufacturing techniques, such as additive manufacturing (AM), invites new challenges related to corrosion. Materials produced using AM techniques generally have different microstructures due to fast cooling rates, such as fine cellular substructures; hence their behaviour towards corrosion is also different. The laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) technique is the widely used AM technique due to the high quality of the final product. It is an important part of the research to study the different occurrences of corrosion in metallic materials produced with LPBF techniques. In this special issue, we invite researchers to submit their work related to corrosion studies of metallic materials produced using LPBF techniques. Researchers are encouraged to submit their work, which discusses the limitations observed due to the corrosion behaviour of LPBF-produced alloys. We also invite researchers to share their views through articles that managed to resolve the challenges they faced. This will create a wide range of data libraries (knowledge) in one place for researchers to find relevant solutions. The scope of this special issue will cover different types of metallic corrosion related to LPBF techniques, such as high-temperature corrosion, intergranular corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, pitting, biological corrosion, and the proposed mechanism for corrosion control. This issue aims to publish original works, and detailed and brief reviews on one platform.
Keywords:
Corrosion, Protection, Metals, Corrosion-resistant, Additive Manufacturing
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Corrosion is an unavoidable tendency which occurs in all metals and alloys. As per a report published by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), the global cost of corrosion is around 3.4% of the global GDP (2013). The corrosion can be delayed using corrosion protection methods, but it is nearly impossible to achieve 100% corrosion-resistant materials. Advanced corrosion practices implementation can help save the corrosion cost by around 35%. Cathodic protection, galvanizing alloying, and barrier coatings, to name a few, are conventional protection methods which are being used to minimize corrosion. The development of new materials and new manufacturing techniques, such as additive manufacturing (AM), invites new challenges related to corrosion. Materials produced using AM techniques generally have different microstructures due to fast cooling rates, such as fine cellular substructures; hence their behaviour towards corrosion is also different. The laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) technique is the widely used AM technique due to the high quality of the final product. It is an important part of the research to study the different occurrences of corrosion in metallic materials produced with LPBF techniques. In this special issue, we invite researchers to submit their work related to corrosion studies of metallic materials produced using LPBF techniques. Researchers are encouraged to submit their work, which discusses the limitations observed due to the corrosion behaviour of LPBF-produced alloys. We also invite researchers to share their views through articles that managed to resolve the challenges they faced. This will create a wide range of data libraries (knowledge) in one place for researchers to find relevant solutions. The scope of this special issue will cover different types of metallic corrosion related to LPBF techniques, such as high-temperature corrosion, intergranular corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, pitting, biological corrosion, and the proposed mechanism for corrosion control. This issue aims to publish original works, and detailed and brief reviews on one platform.
Keywords:
Corrosion, Protection, Metals, Corrosion-resistant, Additive Manufacturing
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.