# Corrosion engineering
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** kinetics ODE plot
- **Microsimmability score:** 62/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Environment aggressiveness - 0 to 100 %`
- `Protection level (coating/inhibitor) - 0 to 1`
- `Temperature`
### What animates
A [[Corrosion|corrosion]]-rate and remaining-wall-thickness curve evolve over time as aggressiveness and protection change, showing service life shorten or extend.
### Learning objective
Relate material loss over time to environment aggressiveness and protection.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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`Adhesion` · [[Aluminium]] · `Ammonia` · `Anodic_protection` · `Association_for_Materials_Protection_and_Performance` · `Australasian_Corrosion_Association` · `Biofouling` · `Biogenic_sulfide_corrosion` · `Blast_furnace` · `Brass` · `Cathodic_protection` · `Cement` · `Chemical_kinetics` · `Coating` · `Composite_material` · `Concrete` · [[Copper]] · [[Corrosion]] · `Corrosion_fatigue` · `Corrosion_in_ballast_tanks` · `Corrosion_inhibitor` · `Crevice_corrosion` · `DCVG` · `Desert` · `Design_engineer` · `Electrochemistry` · `Electrolyte` · `Environmental_stress_cracking` · `Europe` · `Eyebar` · `Fusion_bonded_epoxy_coating` · `Galvanic_corrosion` · `Galvanization` · `Gulf_of_Mexico` · `Herbert_H._Uhlig` · `High-temperature_corrosion` · [[Hydrogen]] · `Hydrogen_damage` · `Hydrogen_embrittlement` · `Imperial_College_London` · `Infrastructure_asset_management` · `Integrity_engineering` · [[Iron_ore]] · `Lacquer` · `Marcel_Pourbaix` · `Mark_Eberhart` · `Mars_Guy_Fontana` · `Master_of_Science` · `Material_selection` · [[Materials_science]] · `Melvin_Romanoff` · `Metal` · `Metallurgical_failure_analysis` · [[Metallurgy]] · `Michael_Faraday` · `Microbial_corrosion` · `National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology` · `North_Sea` · `Northampton` · `Ohio_State_University` · `Organic_compound` · [[Oxygen]] · `PH` · `Paint` · `Passivation_(chemistry)` · `Petrochemical_industry` · `Pile_bridge` · `Pitting_corrosion` · `Pitting_resistance_equivalent_number` · `Redox` · `Renewable_resource` · `Robert_E._Pierre` · `Sacrificial_metal` · `Science_Council` · `Scuba_diving` · `Selective_leaching` · `Silver_Bridge` · `Software` · `Soil_chemistry` · `Stainless_steel` · `Stress_corrosion_cracking` · `Substrate_(materials_science)` · `Sulfide_stress_cracking` · [[Thermodynamics]] · [[Titanium]] · `Ulick_Richardson_Evans` · `United_Kingdom` · `United_States` · `University_of_Manchester` · `University_of_Manchester_Institute_of_Science_and_Technology` · `Volatile_corrosion_inhibitor` · `Welding` · `Wetting` · `Work_hardening` · [[Zinc]]
## From the Real GENERATIVE library
*Corrosion engineering — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Engineering room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Side_view_Crow_Hall_Railway_Bridge_north_of_Preston_Lancs_corroding_-_general.jpg).*
> Corrosion engineering is an engineering specialty that applies scientific, technical, engineering skills, and knowledge of natural laws and physical resources to design and implement materials, structures, devices, systems, and procedures to manage corrosion.[1] From a holistic perspective, corrosion is the phenomenon of metals returning to the state they ar ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrosion_engineering))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Process Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrosion_engineering)
> Relation: subfield of process engineering.
## Concept summary
Corrosion engineering predicts and controls the electrochemical degradation of materials in process environments.
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to process engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Corrosion engineering
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render kinetics ODE plot; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrosion_engineering) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Corrosion_engineering)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Reliability_engineering]] · [[Systems_engineering]].
Legacy hubs: none.
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*Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*