Sustainability
Materials selection and design and corrosion management help increase the sustainability of products and infrastructure. Finding cost effective solutions that are mindful of our natural resources and their carbon footprint help ensure a better quality of life. A focus on mitigating and preventing corrosion, increased recycling of metals and alloys, and new technological advancements in creating materials to maximize the specific properties needed without waste can increase the lifetime of our infrastructure and lead to lower costs in the long term.
“Challenges for the Corrosion Science, Engineering, and Technology Community as a Consequence of Growing Demand and Consumption of Materials: A Sustainability Issue”
The growing demand for metallic materials is unsustainable with current mining and recycling efforts. This perspective highlights the consumption rates of metals and offers ways we can help mitigate the problem.
“Technical Aspects of the Risk Management of Corrodible Systems – Guest Editorial”
This editorial explains how corrosion management is a sustainable activity and introduces a special issue that explores risk management of corrodible systems.
“Special Issue on Corrosion of Reinforced Concrete Structures (in Memoriam of Prof. Jose Antonio Gonzalez), Part II”
This editorial introduces articles that explore corrosion of reinforced concrete structures, the effects of the environment on service life, and ways to extend service life or minimize the carbon footprint through materials selection.
“Interplay Between Surface Characteristics, Initial Oxidation Behavior, and Corrosion Performance of Ferritic Stainless Steels Under Simulated Automotive Exhaust Gas Condensate Conditions”
This article discusses the interaction between different characteristics of several stainless steels and shows the importance of selecting the correct combination of surface characteristics to ensure the material is sustainable.
