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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Announcement There has been opening of 15 PhD positions for master students wishing to do their PhD abroad, in the field of corrosion and corrosion protection of micro- and nanodevices....
11th December 2017
The AICIP announces launch of new website The Australian Institute for the Certification of Inspection Personnel (AICIP) is delighted to announce the launch of its new website. Easy to navigate and...
6th December 2017
A meeting of the ACA Board was held on Saturday 11th November 2017 in Sydney and Chairman Dean Wall provides this summary to the ACA membership: The Board on behalf...
26th November 2017
Kingfield Galvanizing from Somerton has won the Small and Medium Enterprises category in this year’s Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards for development of a large, automated galvanizing plant with some of...
1st November 2017
The winner of this year’s medal, which is administered by the Academy of Technology and Engineering, is Monash University engineer Professor Nick Birbilis. Professor Birbilis has had an impressive career...
26th October 2017
The Australasian Corrosion Association is a professional, member-based, Not-For-Profit established in the 1950’s and has one of the largest member written peer-reviewed articles and conference papers libraries anywhere. Continuing this...
21st September 2017
At the completion of this year’s call for director nominations, the four ACA members listed below along with their introduction statement have nominated for the ACA Board. The ACA election...
21st September 2017