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Beneficial Aspects of Corrosion

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Throughout this text we have considered corrosion to be a troublesome or dangerous process. And indeed it is! Chapter 1 has discussed the impact of corrosion on health and safety, on wastage of materials, and on economic loss.

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McCafferty, E. (2010). Beneficial Aspects of Corrosion. In: Introduction to Corrosion Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0455-3_17

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