Gold and other very unreactive metals do not oxidise in air at all. Corrosion close corrosionThe destruction of a metal by oxidation or chemical action, eg rusting. happens when a metal continues ...

Scientists from Leiden University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Laboratory have uncovered the mysterious cause ...

Gold and other very unreactive metals do not oxidise in air at all. Corrosion close corrosionWhen chemicals in the water dissolve minerals in the rocks, causing them to break up (also called ...

This publication presents the proceedings of a technical meeting on water chemistry and cladding corrosion/deposition including fuel failures, which was held in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2010. The outcome of ...

such as in corrosion chemistry. Oxide–water interfaces are ubiquitous in nature and technological processes, but their characterization is difficult. Now, an in situ nonlinear optical ...

Born 1954 in Essen. Study of chemistry in Bochum, doctorate at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (1982), postdoc Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA (1984), head of the corrosion ...