TECHNICAL PROGRAM / SYMPOSIA

Second International Symposium on Environmental Degradation of Materials and Corrosion Control in Metals (EDMCCM)

The first International Symposium on Environmental Degradation of Materials and Corrosion Control In Metals, held in Québec City in 1999, was very successful and there were great hopes that it would be repeated after a suitable interval. The Second International Conference on EDMCCM 2003, with extended subject coverage, is now to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in August 2003. The objective of this conference is to provide a forum for discussion on state-of-the-art development of a variety of approaches to the understanding of corrosion damage as well as environmental degradation of metals. The close interaction of theory and practice will be examined from chemical, mechanical and metallurgical viewpoints. This symposium is intended to foster discussion of corrosion and effects on metals and to very worthwhile exchanges and new insights.

The following topics will be covered at the conference. However, papers on the other topics are equally welcome.

• Corrosion
• Stress-corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement
• Corrosion fatigue
• Localized corrosion
• Wear and erosion corrosion
• Tribology
• High temperature corrosion
• Pulp and paper industry
• Light metals
• Composite materials
• Surface coatings and advanced coatings
• Corrosion monitoring techniques