Corrosion Behavior and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials

Globally, more than USD 400 million/year is spent on corrosion protection and productivity losses due to corrosion. Corrosion, a process associated with chemical/electrochemical reactions, often has deleterious consequences on mechanical properties, ultimately resulting in the degradation of a material. Metallic components, widely employed in various industries, i.e., oil, gas, marine, nuclear, fuel cells, medicine, and electricity generation, often suffer from severe corrosion, which might be detrimental to service life and even cause serious accidents. Meanwhile, some extreme corrosive environments are also the main restriction on the applications of advanced metallic materials with excellent mechanical properties. Thus, understanding corrosion behavior and its effect on mechanical properties will always be of great practical significance to the development and application of metallic materials. This Special Issue aims to provide a research forum for reporting corrosion behavior and related mechanical properties, chemical compositions, and microstructures of metallic materials, in order to address existing corrosion challenges and assist in the development of super corrosion-resistant materials. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the topics mentioned above, as long as they enhance our knowledge of corrosion protection.