Break the deadlock in corrosion research to prevent infrastructure collapse

腐蚀破坏了世界每年四分之一的钢铁产量，每年给澳大利亚经济造成300亿美元的损失。这个项目的目标是了解腐蚀钢的原子晶格的结构和动力学及其机械强度的退化的关键缺失环节。通过将先进的电化学和机械测量与腐蚀钢的原子晶格的动力学模拟相结合，该项目将产生腐蚀引起的强度退化的第一张协调一致的图片，并特别关注真实的工业条件。这有望指导对钢铁腐蚀损伤的持续诊断，有效防止腐蚀基础设施的倒塌。

Corrosion destroys one-quarter of the world’s annual steel production and costs the Australian economy $30 billion each year. This project targets a crucial missing link in understanding the structure and dynamics of the atomic lattices of corroded steel and the degradation of its mechanical strength. By combining advanced electrochemical and mechanical measurements with dynamics simulation of atomic lattices of corroded steel, this project will produce the first concerted picture of corrosion induced strength degradation with a particular focus on real industrial conditions. This promises to guide the ongoing diagnosis of corrosion damages to steel, effectively preventing the collapse of corroded infrastructure.