Materials Performance

AUG 2017

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Your Association in Action 65 NACE INTERNATIONAL: VOL. 56, NO. 8 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE AUGUST 2017 outcome in mind: to create a shared pic- ture of where we want to go. We want to start our journey with a clear picture of the destination in mind. The next step is to create the roadmap for taking us from where we are now (our present state) to our desired destination (our future state). In our model at NACE International, we call this the plan for success. The plan for success will be introduced next month. Note: This article is maintained as part of an ongoing series of posts on the NACE web site: www.nace.org. NACE President Samir Degan (fourth from left), Past President Tushar Javeri (second from right), NIGIS Advisor U. Kamachi Mudali (right), and dignitaries at the International Corrosion Awareness Day event in Chennai, India. Gateway India Section Celebrates International Corrosion Awareness Day W orld Earth Day, held annually each April, was also declared as International Corrosion Aware- ness Day (ICAD) by the World Corrosion Organization (WOC) (New York, New York) in 2012. Since then, NACE International's Gateway India Section (NIGIS) (Mumbai, India) has celebrated the occasion each year at multiple locations across the coun- try, including festivities this year at Chen- nai, Mumbai, and Delhi on April 21, 22, and 24, respectively. ICAD events had been held in Mumbai and Delhi since 2012, while the ceremony at a Chennai hotel was a new ad- dition to the 2017 program. The emphasis of these programs is to highlight the damage caused to the envi- U. Kamachi Mudali, NIGIS advisor and group director for the Indira Gandhi Cen- tre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) (Kalpak- kam, India), welcomed the Chennai gathering by emphasizing the importance of ICAD and the urgency of protecting the environment from damage caused to use- ful metallic components. Approximately 110 participants from industry, academia, and research institutions—including NACE members and a number of distin- guished dignitaries—were in attendance. P. Sivakumar, director of the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) (Chennai, India), explained the importance of corrosion prevention in India's defense sector and the application of various coating technol- ogies in the development of the latest Arjun main battle tank in Avadi. Mean- while, Shri Sathya Prasad—vice president of Indian automobile manufacturing com- pany Ashok Leyland (Chennai, India)— discussed the importance of corrosion control in engine components in the auto- motive industry, particularly considering the advent of stronger emissions controls in Bharat. Shri Tatsuhi Tamoto, director general of the Japan External Trade Organization ( JETRO) office in Chennai, called for more collaboration and interaction between industries in India and Japan for establish- ing corrosion prevention and control technologies. Arun Kumar Bhaduri, another IGCAR director, outlined the importance of corro- sion to the nuclear industry and technolo- gies developed for successful corrosion mitigation. One serious corrosion issue involves the damage of critical compo- nents at high temperatures in mediums such as water, sodium, nitric acid, and molten salts. Bhaduri says the high-tem- perature corrosion of critical components operating at high temperatures can be controlled by utilizing advanced coatings technologies such as hard-facing, plasma spray coatings, diffusion coatings, and claddings. East Asia and Pacific Area NACE Area & Section News ronment and its impact on the population. The objective, NIGIS explains, is similar to NACE's mission to equip society to protect people, assets, and the environment from the adverse effects of corro- sion. Samir Degan, NACE president for the 2017-2018 term, attended all three events—including a special ceremony in Chennai. Continued on page 66

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