One recent morning, I opened the refrigerator and found that some barbecued chicken from the previous evening had already etched ragged holes in its aluminum foil wrapping. True, the sauce had been ...

Due to the electrical potential difference that develops when two dissimilar metals or alloys are connected together in an aqueous solution, the base metal will become anodic and the more noble metal ...

Vent. It’s a euphemism for gripe. The word vent makes it sound like we humans might explode if we couldn’t open our release valves and gripe. Maybe we would. Via the Internet, gripes get worldwide ...

Corrosion is one of nature's most destructive forces. Not only does it eat away at electrical devices and equipment, it eats away at productivity by causing power interruptions, downtime, and costly ...

A recent article published in npj Materials Degradation explored the defining role of nanoscale heterogeneities in corrosion pathways in a high-strength aluminum alloy via detailed electron microscopy ...