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Guest Lecture on Corrosion and its Prevention

Apr 13, 2018

Dr. Jyoti Joshi, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry, MNIT Jaipur delivered a guest lecture in Applied Chemistry for B.Tech students on Corrosion and its prevention. In her lecture she explained the theories of corrosion, various types of corrosion, and preventive methods of corrosion through power point presentation.
 
Dr. Joshi said that there is no single figure for loss to the nation due to corrosion. It can be a minimum of 3.5% of the nation’s GDP. Losses due to corrosion could be around Rs. 2.0 lakh crores per annum in India. Corrosion costs manifest in the form of premature deterioration or failure necessitating maintenance, repairs and replacement of damaged parts. She further said that In the US, total direct cost of corrosion is estimated at about 300 billion dollars per year; which is about 3.2% of domestic product. Corrosion has a huge economic and environmental impact on all facets of national infrastructure; from highways, bridges, buildings, oil and gas, chemical processing, water and waste water treatment and virtually on all metallic objects in use.
 
Students asked various questions and their queries were satisfied by the speaker. Overall it was a successful event.