TY - CHAP A1 - Böllinghaus, Thomas A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Falkenreck, T. ED - Grote, K.-H. ED - Hefazi, H. T1 - 6. Corrosion and Corrosion Resistance N2 - The chapter starts with a brief introduction about corrosion, which is defined as the interdependency between a metal, a corrosive environment, and the respective component design. The second section introduces the most important forms of aqueous electrochemical corrosion (uniform corrosion, galvanic corrosion, selective and intergranular corrosion, and finally pitting and crevice corrosion in the case of passive layer forming metals). In addition, electrochemical corrosion under applied mechanical load is introduced (stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen-assisted cracking, corrosion fatigue), as well as special forms of corrosion (erosion, fretting, and microbiologically induced corrosion). The third section of this chapter introduces (mostly dry) chemical corrosion and high-temperature corrosion (oxidation, carburization, high-temperature hydrogen attack, sulfurization, nitriding, halogenation). As in the case of electrochemical corrosion, chemical corrosion can also be superimposed by mechanical loads. Finally, general facts on the testing of corrosion are introduced. KW - Corrosion KW - Corrosion testing KW - Handbook KW - Electrochemical corrosion KW - Chemical corrosion PY - 2021 SN - 978-3-030-47035-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47035-7_6 VL - 2021 SP - 185 EP - 213 PB - Springer Nature Switzerland AG CY - Cham (CH) ET - 2nd Edition AN - OPUS4-52423 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -