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Before After October 2009 Water blasting of stainless steel May 2009 CorrodiumAnodes.pdf No Major Technological Progress without New Solutions in Corrosion Mitigation and Service Integrity Management At AU$2.8 trillion, the annual cost of corrosion worldwide is over 3% of the world’s GDP. Yet, governments and industries pay little attention to corrosion except in high-risk areas like aircraft and pipelines. Now is the time for corrosion professionals to join together to educate industry, governments, and the public. Now is the time to work together to harmonize standards and practices around the world and to communicate and share corrosion mitigation technologies. We are at a unique point, when the tools and resources are all in place to match our needs and help us meet our goals. Now is the time to make government agencies, industry, and the public aware of the high cost of corrosion - to our environment, our resources, and humankind. Corrosion has a profound effect on the quality of life of our children and grandchildren and the inhabitability of our planet. Now is the time to make a major impact to protect the environment, preserve resources, and protect our fellow human beings. Source: Professor Rolf Gubner Western Australian Corrosion Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology |