From 8 till 12 of September 2014 representatives of All-Russian scientific-research institute of aviation materials (VIAM), Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor Oleg Startsev and Ivan Medvedev take part in European congress on corrosion and protection of materials «EUROCORR-2014», which is held in famous Italian city of Piza.
In the course of the congress representatives of VIAM visited the exhibition, where they familiarized themselves with the latest equipment in the field of electrochemical investigations of Gamry instruments company, corrosion inhibitors of Cortec corporation and also with an experience of preparation specialists in the field of corrosion and protection of materials at Akron university and organization of engineers – corrosionists NACE.
On the section on corrosion in aviation, holding on the 11-th of September Ivan Medvedev presented a report «Application of sensors of surface humidity for control of corrosion aggressivity of atmosphere to aluminum alloys of aviation purpose, which aroused a great interest of the audience.
«A considerable attention at the section was paid to methods of investigation of protective properties of coatings of aluminum alloys, including the ones under stress», informed Oleg Startsev by the results of the section.
It should be reminded, that «EUROCORR» – is the prominent congress in Europe, in which about a thousand persons took part annually. This year in the frames of the conference a work of 4 plenary meetings and 43 sections was organized. More, than 400 participants will present their oral reports. Additionally it is possible to get acquainted with 180 stand reports.