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Corrosion impacts our society on a daily basis. Automobiles, buildings, infrastructure, appliances and energy distribution systems are examples of some of the components negatively affected by this phenomena.

Corrosion is defined as the deterioration of a material as a result of chemical reactions between it and the surrounding environment. Although corrosion affects a variety of materials including听听and听, the term is most often associated with the degradation of metals.

In a 2016 study conducted by the听听(formerly known as the National Association of Corrosion Engineers) and outlined in their publication 鈥�,鈥� corrosion incurs a global cost of $US 2.5 trillion dollars. This figure represents roughly 3.4 percent of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP).