Corrosion testing includes the following types of corrosion:

General corrosion:

  • atmospheric corrosion,
  • galvanic corrosion,
  • corrosion in the molten salts,
  • high-temperature corrosion.

Local corrosion:

  • crevice corrosion,
  • selective dissolution.
Metallurgical influenced corrosion:

  • intergranular corrosion,
  • selective dissolution.

Cracking due to environment-related actions:

  • stress corrosion cracking,
  • hydrogen embrittlement.

Mechanically supported degradation:

  • erosive corrosion,
  • cavitation,
  • corrosion fatigue,
  • microbiologically influence corrosion.

Head of OE LKK

marjan.suban@imk.si

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+386 31 828 251

dr. Marjan Suban

rika.legat@imk.si

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+386 40 232 166

Rika Legat

Corrosion testing is computerized.

The software facilitates the following measurements:

  • cyclic potenciodynamic polarization,
  • reactivating anodic polarization,
  • potentiostatic method,
  • galvanic corrosion,
  • galvanostatic method,
  • corrosion potential at a given time,
  • potenciodynamic polarization,
  • Tafel polarization record,
  • polarization resistance.

Pitting corrosion

Tensile apparatus with a constant load to examine stress corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement