Name – Paul Larkin Company – SMEC Position – Engineer – Materials Technology What does your role entail and what does your company do? As part of the Materials Technology Team at SMEC I undertake condition assessment inspections, and assist in developing repair specifications for various infrastructure assets around South-East Queensland. The team assesses water...
8th March 2018
The Newcastle ACA branch had a site tour of Amorgalv as its first event for 2018, with 20 members attending. Wayne Sharman, the General Manager of Armorgalv, gave us an understanding of the Armorgalv process and the differences to hot dip galvanising, and the different applications that Armorgalv may be used for. We then had...
8th March 2018
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 has resulted in at least 23 deaths More than 14 million vehicles with the Takata-made airbags have been recalled worldwide over concern that they can...
1st March 2018
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. Water Supply changed to save money Detroit Water had supplied the water and had exceeded the EPA requirements for corrosion control for copper and lead...
26th February 2018
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 surfaces. The team analyzed how the strength of a material can increase quite abruptly as the rate of strain applied to the material increases. This...
22nd February 2018
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 is not an isolated incident with almost 600 fires caused by corrosion of electrical systems being reported in just February. According to ConEdison (a major...
21st February 2018
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” Ultrafast selective transport of alkali metal ions in metal organic frameworks with subnanometer pores” free of charge from Science Advances Monash Media Release With two billion...
13th February 2018
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 systems throughout the Sydney, Central Coast and Hunter Regions. Since Ausgrid is the local Energy provider, we have numerous underground assets (cables, substations and earthing...
13th February 2018
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
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
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 2015. Percival Faraday Thompson (P F Thompson, PFT), (1885-1951) a metallurgist and chemical analyst, is widely considered as Australia’s pioneer in corrosion science and education....
4th February 2018
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 (in 1988), John Duncan (in 1990), Les Boulton (in 1993), David Nicholas (in 1994), Peter Farinha (in 1995), Paul Schweinsberg (in 1997), Tony Betts (in...
4th February 2018
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 surface, within garnets found within diamonds has been found. The result surprised geoscientists around the globe because there is little opportunity for iron to become...
28th January 2018
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 University, I am often asked what my role entails – usually in the form of ‘Do you get all the school holidays off too?’ or...
23rd January 2018
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 Maximise Productivity and Surface Quality Tech Note: Long Range Ultrasonics– Long shot or Ultra useful? Project Profile: Lucinda Bulk Sugar Terminal Research Paper: Microbiologically Influenced...
14th January 2018