1 ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION OF MATERIALS

In recent years, atmospheric corrosion of materials have attracted materials community for it accounts for more failures on both a tonnage basis and cost basis than any other type of environmental corrosion. Tremendous amounts of materials in industries, automobiles, bridges and buildings are exposed to the atmosphere and attacked by pollutant and water. In this review paper attention is paid to the atmospheric corrosion of various materials, influence of exposure parameters and basics theory of atmospheric corrosion