The effect of pollution onto structural materials’ degradation

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K. Kreislova, D. Knotkova, P. Fialova

SVUOM Ltd., Czech Republic

: Expert Opin Environ Biol

Abstract

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The air pollution effected the degradation of structural materials due to corrosion of metals and deterioration of paints. In the Czech Republic the SO₂ pollution decreased during two decades (1195-2005) from 150 μg.m^{- 3} to 15 μg.m^-3. It results into decreasing of corrosion rate and increasing durability of materials. On the other hand during last decade the extreme climatic effect as long-term periods with high temperature and ozone concentration may significantly degrade organic paint coatings. All these changes need to be included into service life prediction models.

Biography

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Katerina Kreislova was graduated on University of Chemistry and Technology Prague and completed her PhD from Czech Technical University in Prague. She is the director of SVUOM Ltd., a R&D organisation focus onto corrosion and material protection. She has published more than 35 papers in reputed journals. She is a convenor of ISO/TC 156/WG 4 for atmospheric corrosivity classification.

E-mail: kreislova@svuom.cz