How to Repair Pitting Corrosion

Corrosion is the gradual destruction and degradation of materials through chemical and/or electrochemical reactions with their environment. There are several different types of corrosion that can occur and, in this post, we take a look at one specific type of corrosion – pitting corrosion – through two case studies from different industries. Corrosion is a dangerous and extremely costly problem across a wide range of industries. In the most serious of cases, it can cause buildings and bridges to collapse, oil pipelines to break and chemical plants to leak. So how do we repair pitting corrosion?