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This chapter deals with the principles that should guide the design of a structure based on corrosion prevention. This includes a series of preventative measures that can be chosen once the environment and its criticalities are identified, as well as a careful metal selection. Information on the main classes of metallic alloys and their corrosion resistance are provided, as a help to guide the selection. The main preventative methods that should be adopted in the construction, storage and operating phases are also examined.
[for a civil structure] one euro spent in design with the aim to prevent corrosion produces same benefits as in construction phase by paying five euros, or after construction by spending twenty-five euros, one hundred twenty-five euros just before corrosion initiation and eventually six hundred twenty-five euros after corrosion had occurred.
W. R. De Sitter (Law of five, 1984).
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Pedeferri (Deceased), P. (2018). Prevention of Corrosion in Design. In: Corrosion Science and Engineering. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97625-9_27
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