Corrosion & Materials | February 2018
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1st March 2018
Corrosion in Airbags | 2.3 Million Australian Cars Recalled
Corrosion by the ammonium nitrate in the gas cylinders used in Airbags since 1999 has resulted in shrapnel being propelled through a vehicle when the canister deploys the airbag. This...
1st March 2018
Flint Michigan | A Story of Corrosion
The Flint Water Crisis has been rolling for many years now. The enquiry is continuing with new information coming available as to how an Entire towns water supply became undrinkable....
26th February 2018
Probing the mysteries of cracks and stresses | MIT Research
New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could ultimately help explain phenomena as varied as the breakdown of concrete under sudden stress and the effects of corrosion on various metal...
22nd February 2018
Corroded wires lead to 600 underground fires in New York?
New York City fire officials say corrosion in underground electrical cables led to a chain-reaction fire that destroyed two cars near manholes. Nobody was hurt in this rolling explosion This...
21st February 2018
Researchers discover efficient and economically sustainable way to filter salt and metal ions from water
This article has been seen around the web for the last few days. We had a look around and found that you can have a read of the original paper”...
13th February 2018
Member Profile | Jim Hickey
What does your role entail and what does your company/Institution’s department do? I manage all of Ausgrid’s electrolysis corrosion responsibilities which include testing and analysis of interference from corrosion protection...
13th February 2018
WA Branch : Barefoot Bowls
On 2 February 2018, the WA ACA branch held its first event of the year – Barefoot Bowls. Check out the gallery for excellent photos of the festivities. [envira-gallery id=”4067″]
13th February 2018
INFRASTRUCTURE | THE MOVIE
Corrosion mitigation is not really the sort of thing that they make movies about. Last Week Tonight (2015) took a stab at making incremental maintenance and inspection exciting..
5th February 2018
P F Thompson – A Pioneer in Corrosion Research and Education
W K Green1 & B R W Hinton2 1Vinsi Partners, Sydney and Deakin University, Melbourne, 2Monash and Deakin Universities, Melbourne This article was originally published in Corrosion & Materials August...
4th February 2018
P F Thompson Lecturers
Eminent Australasian corrosion practitioners and researchers who have delivered the lecture include Greig Wallwork (in 1983), Graham Wright (in 1984), Graeme Kelly (in 1986), Brian Cherry (in 1987), Ian MacLeod...
4th February 2018
Rust has been found 555kms below the Earth’s surface
According to research at the University of Alberta rust has been found 555 kilometres below the Earth’s surface, highly oxidized iron, similar to the rust we see on our planet’s...
28th January 2018
Nick Birbilis | Member Profile
Name – Nick Birbilis Company – Monash University Position – Professor and Head of Department 1. What does your role entail and what does your company do? Working at a...
23rd January 2018
Corrosion & Materials | November 2017
Download PDF Version of Corrosion & Materials ASSET MANAGEMENT FEATURE Inside this Issue Tech Note: Water Leaks in Multi-storey Buildings & Corrosion Problems Tech Note: Choosing the Right Abrasive to...
14th January 2018
ACA Executive Officer Resignation
It is with great regret that I announce that after four years as Executive Officer and ten years with the ACA, Wesley Fawaz has tendered his resignation. His last day...
12th December 2017