We CAN Control Corrosion in India

We CAN Control Corrosion in India
Introduction
The latest surveys show that the worldwide direct cost of corrosion is between 3.1 to 3.5 percent of a nation’s GDP annually. These results reflect only the direct cost of corrosion that include essentially materials, equipment and services involved with repair, maintenance and replacement and does not include the environmental damage, waste of resources, loss of production or personal injury resulting from corrosion. Corrosion experts have concluded that a net of 20 to 25 percent of that annual cost can be saved by applying currently available corrosion control technologies.
The Iron Pillar of Delhi is a 7 meter (22 feet) high pillar in the Qutb complex which is notable for the composition of the metals used in its construction. It has withstood corrosion for over 1,600 years in the open air. This historic fact shows our strengths in developing corrosion resistant materials. But our present position on corrosion problems faced by many industries in India seems to be a disturbing fact. Corrosion costs reported by various agencies in many countries revealed the alarming situations experienced all over the world and the efforts we need to take in many ways to counteract ‘Metallic Cancer’, the term often used to describe deterioration of metallic materials.
Corrosion Impact
Corrosion can be a major cause of pollution where it results in the leakage of hazardous materials from pipes or vessels. It can also result in the catastrophic failure of critical components, particularly where corrosion-assisted cracking takes place, with an associated threat of injury and loss of life. Corrosion is not only a buzzword for industries, but also posing greater concerns like drinking water leakage and contamination for Public.
Materials Selection
The selection of the correct material for a design is a key step in the process because it is the crucial decision that links computer calculations and lines on an engineering drawing with a working design. Materials and the manufacturing processes that convert the material into a useful part underpin all of engineering design. The enormity of the decision task in materials selection is given by the fact that there are well over 100,000 engineering materials from which to choose. On a more practical level, the typical design engineer should have ready access to information on 50 to 80 materials, depending on the range of applications. The importance of materials selection in design has increased in recent years. A new material cannot be employed in a design unless the engineer has access to reliable material properties and, hopefully, costs. At the start of the design process, low-precision but all inclusive data are needed. At the end of the design process, data are needed for only a single material, but they must be accurate and very detailed .
Information Management
Information required for material selection comes through various channels: Handbooks, Industrial News, Standards and Specifications (ISO, NACE International, ASTM, API, ASME, DIN, Bureau of Indian Standards), Research Reports, Corrosion Engineering Reports, Market Survey Reports, Materials Database, Expert System, and Process Specific Research Studies. Internet based systems play a crucial role in assisting the designers and material selection personnel to fetch the proven experience of materials considered for similar process situations elsewhere in the world .
Knowledge Management through Social Networking
The modern day social and technology networking systems facilitate the researchers, material suppliers, designers, consultants and industries personnel to exchange their views on selection and find appropriateness of selected materials. There are many resources required to perform corrosion assessment on materials. Availability of resources is limited in many parts of the world as evident from the huge loss reported across the globe. Corrosion, a Global Problem, needs a lot of investment in research and development activities of a nation to identify the proper solutions for material conservation issues. Knowledge Transfer through Global Collaborative Technical Networking finds the appropriate resources and assists the worldwide corrosion control community .
Corrosion Management in India
Astounding corrosion costs reported in various media in India raise many questions and call for immediate actions to reduce such costs through various means of corrosion control available all over the world .
* Do we preserve our precious material resources for the future generation?
* Do our government and industries pay attention to corrosion problems?
* Do we have a proper survey to account for corrosion problems faced by all industry sectors?
* Is our focus on specific industries to find solutions for corrosion?
* Do we use our national resources properly to address this alarming effect and find solutions?
* Who is responsible for these problems - academic society or research institutions or designers or technology providers or endusers or collection of all?
We CAN Control Corrosion in India
We CAN Control Corrosion in India is an internet based networking group launched on Linkedin in December 2009 for exchanging technical experience on corrosion control. This group establishes multidimensional communication pathways for Technology Providers, Technology Users, Academic Institutions, Research Establishmnets and Professional Associations

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