 Our projects enable members to get hands-on experience using techniques related to the field of corrosion, often leading to Student Poster presentations at the annual NACE Corrosion Conference & Expo. In the Cal Poly tradition of learn by doing, NACE club activities work on career readiness skills:
This project assesses the effect of heat treatment on the pitting and crevice corrosion resistance of three grades of duplex stainless steel bent into 1.5D radius U-bends to be used in heat exchangers.
Measured Corrosivity of Organic Biofuels on 304 and 316 Stainless Steel, and Plain Carbon Steel3/26/2018
The focus of this project is to investigate the corrosion and environmental cracking resistance of ‘as-bent’ 2205 duplex stainless steel U-bends versus U-bends with subsequent annealing. Comparison will be made between the API 660 minimum bend radius of 1.5D and the currently employed 3.3D bend radius.  Outstanding Poster Presented at NACE Corrosion 2016 Michael, Megan, & Jessica received this award for their work on the characterization of sigma phase in duplex stainless steel at the 2016 NACE Corrosion Conference & Expo.  |
