The Greatest Enemy of Metal: Measuring Its Resistance to Corrosion. Every metal material will eventually contend with the relentless challenge of corrosion. In this facility, we simulate and accelerate time to predict how well a material will endure in the most corrosive environments.
Using the Potentiodynamic Corrosion Test method, we can accelerate the study of a material’s corrosion behavior. In this test, a material sample is immersed in a specific corrosive medium (such as salt water), and we measure its electrochemical response as we vary the electrical potential.
The resulting data provides highly valuable information, including:
Corrosion Rate: How quickly the material will corrode.
Pitting Corrosion Susceptibility: Is the material susceptible to dangerous localized corrosion?
- Passivation Capability: The ability of a material to form its own natural protective layer against corrosion.
This facility is crucial for developing and validating new corrosion-resistant alloys, testing the effectiveness of protective coatings, and ensuring that every material we design possesses long-term durability for real-world applications.