Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	Corrosion definition and properties
2	Electrochemistry and thermodynamics of corrosion, Pourbaix diagrams, corrosion kinetics, overpotential
3	Corrosion rate measurements, Non electrochemical methods, electrochemical methods, polarisation measurements
4	Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Other electrochemical measuremnts; Scanning Kelvin Probe(SKP), Scanning vibrating electrode techniques (SVET), Electrochemical noise(EN), Corrosion rate (CR) convertions
5	Measurements and calculations
6	Corrosion protection methods, Inhibition releated to materials, Inhibition relaeted to medium and interface, Inhibitors (Anodic, Cathodic,Mixed)
7	1st Midterm
8	Protective coating, introduction to coatings, surface treatment and preparation, theory of adhesion, metal coatings, non-metal inorganic coatings
9	Organic coating introduction, composition of paint, binder types
10	Preparation from monomers, electroactive organic polymer coatings
11	Application methods, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapour deposition
12	Cathodic protection, (Impressed current, sacrificial anode),
13	anodic protection (Impressed current, (passivation – conversion coatings, anodizing, phosphatizing, chromating, metal oxide, pack cementation),
14	Project presentation