Chemical and process industry
Although long established, the chemical industry faces constant material durability challenges: evolving processes, the introduction of new fluids, stricter environmental constraints and growing safety requirements. Corrosion is a major risk that can compromise production continuity and operator safety. The French Corrosion Institute offers a comprehensive, structured approach to help industrial players manage this risk, from theoretical analysis through to on-site intervention.
Our missions
- Analyse the corrosivity of processes and identify the risks associated with process fluids.
- Carry out on-site diagnoses and laboratory failure analyses.
- Select the most suitable materials for each application, taking into account technical, economic and regulatory constraints.
- Train industrial teams in corrosion culture and its operational management.
Our services
- Theoretical and literature analysis of process-related corrosivity
- Preparation of degradation manuals (DT32, DT84 D03)
- On-site inspection and diagnosis: PMI measurements, ultrasonic thickness, hardness, metallurgical replicas
- In situ corrosion monitoring: acoustic emission, LPR probes, corrosion coupons
- Material compatibility tests by immersion (at atmospheric or elevated pressure)
- Electrochemical tests (polarisation curves, EIS)
- Failure analysis: morphology, fine metallurgy, metals and polymers
- Bespoke training in industrial corrosion
