Surface Protection Technology

NAME OF THE COURSE

Code

KTB215

Year of study

Course teacher

Prof Ladislav Vrsalović

Credits (ECTS)

5.0

Associate teachers

Type of instruction (number of hours)

P	S	V	T
30	0	25	5

Status of the course

Elective

Percentage of application of e-learning

0 %

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course objectives

Students will learn about different methods of surface protection.
Students will be able to choose efficient corrosion protection system and pursue its maintenance. They will be informed in application of norms that are concern in materials surface protection.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After passing the exam, students will be able to:
- Define methods of materials surface protection.
- Distinguish the most important features of individual processes of materials surface protection.
- Select the appropriate procedure for the protection of materials.
- Evaluate the efficiency of implementing procedures for the protection of materials and structures.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

Week 1: Introduction. Economic aspects of surface protection.
Week 2: The choice of the protection system. Temporary and permanent protection.
Week 3: Surface preparation and standards.
Week 4: Metallic coatings. The criteria for metal coatings selection. The criteria for the conversion coatings selection.
Week 5: Protective coatings and organic coatings. Effectiveness in service.
Week 6: Classification by type, composition and purpose. Coating systems.
Week 7: Design and execution of corrosion protection coatings.
Week 8: Coatings for temporary protection. Antifouling coatings.
Week 9: Methods for applying coatings, and coatings.
Week 10: I. partial knowledge test. Inhibitors in coatings.
Week 11: Mixtures of inhibitors. Use of inhibitors in maritime transport.
Week 12: Protective isolation and elimination of the associated problems due to corrosion.
Week 13: Maintenance of corrosion protection systems. Methods of analysis of protective coatings and linings.
Week 14: Rubber coatings. Bitumenisation.
Week 15: Enameling. II. Partial knowledge test.
Laboratory exercises
Preparation of metal surfaces and application of organic coating. Determination of wet film thickness of the organic coating. Determination of physical and mechanical properties of organic coatings. The application of polarization techniques to determine the protective properties of the coating. Application of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in the study of organic coatings. Nickel plating in steel protection. Visits to the laboratory for corrosion protection of company Shipbuilding Industry Split. A visit to the company Adriacink.

Format of instruction:

Student responsibilities

Lectures, laboratory exercises.

Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course):

Class attendance	0.5	Research	0.0	Practical training	0.0
Experimental work	0.5	Report	0.5
Essay	0.0	Seminar essay	0.0
Tests	1.0	Oral exam	1.5
Written exam	1.0	Project	0.0

Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam

A student can pass a part or the entire exam by taking two partial tests during the semester. Students who do not pass the partial exams have to take an exam in the regular examination term. During the examination terms students take written and oral exam.
Scoring: <55% insufficient;55-66% sufficient (2); 67-78% good (3); 79-90% very good (4); 91-100% excellent (5)

Required literature (available in the library and via other media)

Title	Number of copies in the library	Availability via other media
M. Gojić, površinska obradba materijala, Metalurški fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Sisak, 2010.	2
E. Stupnišek Lisac, Korozija i zaštita konstrukcijskih materijala, FKIT Zagreb, 2007.	1

Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal)

P. R. Roberge, Handbook of corrosion engineering, McGrow-Hill, New York, 2000. H. H. Uhligh, R.W. Revie, Corrosion and corrosion control, John Wiley and Sons, New York 1985.

Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences

Keeping records of student attendance; annual analysis of the exam results; student survey in order to evaluate teachers, self-evaluation of teachers; feedback from students who have alredy graduated to relevance of curriculum.

Other (as the proposer wishes to add)