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Celebrating Volunteers’ Week 2026
As we celebrate Volunteers' Week, we would like to extend our sincere thanks to all our volunteers across the Institute of Corrosion. "ICorr's success is built on the dedication of volunteers who generously share their knowledge, experience and time. Their...
Sponsorship Opportunities – Showcase Your Organisation at EUROCORR Dublin 2026
Join us in Dublin for the EUROCORR 2026! This year, the conference theme is “Investing in our future: corrosion challenges for green technologies”, organized by ICorr together with EFC, IoM3 and Dechema. This also incorporates the 67th Corrosion Science Symposium as a...
H. G. Cole Award 2026
The H. G. Cole Award 2026 recipient has been selected! Please join us in congratulating David Harvey for his selection as the recipient of the 2026 H. G. Cole award. The H. G. Cole award is ICorr’s most prestigious award for service to the Institute and is made on an...
STGB Report – Introducing Our New Surface Treatment Scheme Manager (STSM) – Grant Wright
The Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Grant Wright as Surface Treatment Subject Matter Expert and Scheme Manager (STSM). Grant joined us on 1 March 2026 and has recently completed a handover period with Jane Lomas, who is retiring from the role....
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ICorr President Visits the University of Manchester to Inspire the Next Generation of Corrosion Professionals
ICorr President Visits the University of Manchester to Inspire the Next Generation of Corrosion Professionals Dr Yunnan Gao, President of the Institute of Corrosion (ICorr), visited the University of Manchester on 26 June 2026 to engage with engineering students and...
A Significant professional milestone and a landmark for ICorr
The Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) is delighted to announce the successful completion of its first direct assessment for Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration, marking an important milestone in the Institute’s professional registration programme. We are proud to...
Beyond the Games: Hidden Corrosion Challenges in Mass Transportation Systems
Big sporting events mean big crowds and the need for mass transportation systems. In many cities this need has recently been met by retrospectively fitting light rail and tram systems into existing and older city infrastructure. As you travel on these electric rail...
Industry News
U.R. Evans and The Corrosion of Metals: A Century of Influence
This year marks a momentous milestone for the corrosion science community—the centenary of the publication of The Corrosion of Metals by Ulick Richardson Evans in 1924. This pioneering work laid the foundation for modern corrosion science, transforming it from a...
New MCI®-2019 X Adds Greater Flexibility to MCI® Portfolio
Cortec® Corporation is pleased to announce a new addition to its line of concrete surface treatments. MCI®-2019 X is a 40% silane penetrating water repellent minus the typical Migrating Corrosion Inhibitors of MCI®-2019. The reason for not including MCI® is the same...
New ISO Standards on Corrosion Protection of Offshore Wind to be Developed
By Birit Buhr, FICorr, Chief Corrosion Engineer, Europeanenergy A new Joint working group (JWG6) have been created between two technical committees (TC) of ISO. The two technical committees are: ISO TC 107: Metallisation and inorganic coatings (project lead) ISO TC...
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Ask the Expert Part 1
Question: “How do you know when the pot life of a 2-component paint has expired ? Can you extend pot life, if so, how?” PS Answer: The reaction or cure of a two-component paint or coating is initiated when the two parts are mixed together. The manufacturer will...
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Question: What are the advantages and limitations of impressed current CP compared to sacrificial anodes, and where would you use one opposed to the other? BK Answer: In order to help readers of Corrosion Management to understand the differences between impressed...
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The question in this issue features solvent free epoxy coatings. Readers are reminded to send in their technical questions for possible inclusion in this column in future. Question: I wish to use a solvent free epoxy coating to lower the environmental impact of my...
Fellows Corner
Fellows Corner
Material Integrity Assessment of Onshore Assets Onshore oil and gas assets are vast and usually cover a large area. These can refer to all upstream facilities i.e. facilities used for production and stabilisation of crude, or downstream facilities i.e., refining...
Galvanic Corrosion – the importance of designing-out corrosion hotspot
Protecting metallic structures from corrosive attack is not just about using coatings or cathodic protection, the design of the structure also plays an important part. There maybe situations which call for two different metals, or alloys, to be joined. If these...
External corrosion of buried metallic static structures (piping, pipeline, tanks, and vessels)
Buried metallic structures are common in the oil and gas, petrochemical, and chemical industries. These structures are exposed to a corrosive underground environment which results in their degradation and eventual failure in the form of loss of primary containment....