Understand the principles of cathodic protection in the prevention and control of corrosion in this engineering course. Corrosion of engineering structures is inevitable and causes several issues that affect the economy, the ecosystem and people’s safety. This free online course deals with the external corrosion of buried and submerged engineering structures and how to control or prevent corrosion by employing cathodic protection. By completing this course, you will learn a lot about corrosion engineering and the basic principles of cathodic protection.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 188638 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Diploma |
| Course Duration | 10-15 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Explain the forms of corrosion that occur on metallic structures • Categorize various forms of corrosion • Discuss the effects of microbes on electrochemical corrosion • Explain the governing relationship between currents and potentials in cathodic protection of engineering structures • List the advantages of coatings in cathodically protected structures • Indicate the problems encountered when using the impressed current cathodic protection • Compare the differences between anodic protection and cathodic protection of structures |
| Course Code | 3426 |

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