The development of reliable information and its dissemination is the key to solving marine corrosion problems. Information gained by testing in the natural environment provides the best hope of characterizing performance of materials intended for service in marine atmospheres, splash zone and seawater immersion. This review article focuses on seawater testing of high performance materials with special attention given to the topic of crevice corrosion, and factors affecting its occurrence. Pitting and galvanic corrosion of select materials are also addressed as they interrelate with environmental considerations such as seawater temperature, sulfide presence and chlorination. Crevice corrosion test methodologies are reviewed and some favorite experiments are revisited.

Subject
Test methods, Marine environments, Materials, Vinyls, Stainless alloys, Nickel based alloys, Tubes, Molybdenum alloys, Seawater, Crevices, Corrosion attacks, Crevice corrosion, Stainless steel
Keywords:
marine corrosion testing, stainless steels, Ni-base alloys, Cu-base alloys, localized corrosion, galvanic corrosion, methodologies
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2006
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
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