The lectures deals with the mechanisms of degradation from the point of view of corrosion attack and the influence of the combination of increased temperature and mechanical stress, and subsequently through the characteristics of material properties with specific materials applicable to the given area of ​​degradation.

1. Nature and mechanisms of corrosion; corrosion in non-conductive media
2. Corrosion in oxidizing and reducing atmospheres; heat-resistant materials
3. Corrosion in electrically conductive media; polarization curves; types of corrosion attack
4. Atmospheric corrosion; atmospheric corrosion-resistant steels
5. Passivation and classification of corrosion-resistant steels based on equilibrium diagrams
Chromium martensitic and super-martensitic steels; ferritic and super-ferritic steels
6. Austenitic and super-austenitic steels; duplex stainless steels; martensitic-austenitic steels and SAF grades
7. Nickel, cobalt, and titanium alloys and their applications; non-metallic corrosion-resistant materials
Corrosion resistance testing
8. Nature and mechanisms of creep strength and relaxation; characteristics of creep-resistant materials; creep limit, creep rupture strength, relaxation limit
9. Boiler materials for conventional power plants
10. Boiler materials for supercritical power plants
11. Steam turbine blade and rotor materials; steels for turbogenerator components
12. Steels for selected nuclear power plant components; pressure vessel and primary piping
13. Nickel-based creep-resistant materials

1. Nickel oxidation kinetics
2. Corrosion characteristics from polarization curves
3. Atmospheric corrosion kinetics and service life determination
4. Applicability of the Schaeffler diagram
5. Methods for evaluating creep curves
6. Service life based on the Larson-Miller parameter
7. Final test

[1] BRUMOVSKY, M. Materials used for the design and contruction of WWER comonents, INR 2006

Submission of tasks from exercises in appropriate quality.

Passing the final test