Budget justification
Yesterday I discovered that two platinum electrodes in my lab had been mercilessly broken. A couple of minutes later I realized that I missed some mandatory too...
Author: Alex Lugovskoy
Some remarks concerning the corrosion of Al-Mg alloys
(Working notes) Virtually any Al-containing Mg alloy consists of two main phases (the very important influence of minor additives is ignored at this stage):α-ph...
Some conversions useful for the corrosion calculations
When we make calculations of the corrosion rates of Mg alloys, we often need to perform some simple conversions. The results are included in essentially any res...
A story of one false discovery
Two postgraduates (each in the framework of his/her research) had to compare corrosion rates of magnesium alloys in salt water measured by several techniques. B...
‘Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials” – the most negative experience of paper submission
A month ago we decided to submit a paper for publishing in the Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials from Emerald Group Publishing. I don’t know if it was ...
About the measurement of Tafel slopes
The Tafel plot which you can see in the picture below, is the most ideal polarization curve that can be. It was built with the data points computed by the Butle...
A brief instruction on how to spoil the results of your work
One of the main products of an academic research is a scientific publication. In an Israeli University you get all kinds of bonuses, promotions and other pleasa...