Jamshedpur, May 24: The four-day Professional Training Program (PTP) on Monitoring and Prevention of Industrial Corrosion (MPIC) 2016 kicked off at the CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML) on Tuesday.
Delegates from various organizations such as Tata Steel, ONGC, IOCL, CESE, Tata Power, PFIZER, ARCI, IIEST and CGCRI are participating in the program.
CSIR-NML acting director Dr. N.G. Goswami inaugurated the program. Delivering his inaugural address, Dr. Goswami said, “Now-a-days we live in an extremely competitive world where everyone is trying to outdo the other in order to secure a successful platform but it is becoming equally difficult to do so, since the companies too have become quite picky regarding the selection of candidates, preferring to opt for candidates with specialization. With this program NML is attempting to create candidates who can fulfill that requirement.”
He added NML had an excellent expertise since inception of the laboratory in 1950. It has worked for corrosion protection of metals across the country. In 1960, NML scientist, Dr. A.K. Lahiri’s contribution towards the understanding of Delhi Iron Pillar has been well recognized across the globe. During the 70s, NML published a book on Corrosion Map of India which has an increasingly demand from Indian metal industries.
NML has developed and successfully marketed a number of technologies and products. Some of these are inhibitors for pickling of steels and non-ferrous materials in acid baths, aluminum-based galvanic and insoluble anodes for cathodic protection, paints and coatings for corrosion prevention etc. Products such as ethyl silicate-based zinc rich paint, rust converter, passivator for galvanized steel have found industrial application.
Techniques for calorising of steel anodizing of aluminum, electrol-less plating of nickel and phosphating have been developed and transferred to small and medium scale industries. The process of corrosion has been exploited beneficially to produce stainless steel powder while electrolytic processes for powders of iron, silver, nickel and copper have also been developed.
Coordinator of the program, Dr. Raghuvir Singh, principal scientist at Corrosion and Surface Engineering Division focused about MPIC 2016. He also mentioned about a report which worked out and estimated a huge losses, as high as 3-4% of GDP, due to corrosion.
He emphasized that the knowledge of corrosion is essential not only to the industries but also to the �aam admi.� He indicated about a report that observed how a low grades alloy used for fabrication of utensil�s can corrode and emits the heavy metal ions to food and can affect the health of the people.
Household items, apart from the health, can also be affected by the various harmful gases in the atmosphere. ���
