COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CORROSION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TKT 4014 CORROSION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Welding Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

MURAT ELIBÜYÜK

Offered to

Welding Technology

Course Objective

To explain the importance of corrosion, to examine the causes of corrosion and technical and financial losses caused, to give information about the types of corrosion and formation processes, to offer solutions for corrosion protection methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the formation mechanism of corrosion
2   To understand the losses caused by corrosion
3   To understand the reasons for the occurrence of corrosion types and the differences between them.
4   To evaluate corrosion protection methods
5   To determine the most suitable coating method against corrosion

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to corrosion, the importance of corrosion and basic concepts
2 Chemical and electrochemical corrosion
3 Classification and types of corrosion
4 Homogeneous corrosion, galvanic corrosion
5 Selective corrosion, erosion corrosion
6 Crevice corrosion, cavity corrosion, fatigue corrosion
7 Intergranular corrosion, stress corrosion, hydrogen embrittlement
8 General review, Course evaluation, Midterm exam
9 Corrosion protection methods
10 Anodic and cathodic protection, inhibitors
11 Surface coatings (pure coatings)
12 Surface coatings (alloy coatings)
13 Corrosion and corrosion protection cost
14 Welding application-corrosion relationship

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Jones, D. A. (1996). Principles and prevention of corrosion. Macmillan.
McCafferty, E. (2010). Introduction to corrosion science. Springer Science & Business Media.
Supplementary book(s):
Korozyon Kimyası, Volkan Çiçek, Bayan Alnuman, Sürat Üniversite Yayınları (2012).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face -to- Face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

I. Mid-term exam %50 To assess the theoretical information
II. Final Exam %50: To assessment all learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tuncay DIKICI
tuncay.dikici@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Outside of lesson and program hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Lectures 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.111
LO.21
LO.31
LO.411
LO.51