Abstract
Asian Pacific Corrosion Control Conference (APCCC) held triennially is an eminent conference series held in the Asia-Pacific region to provide unique platform for experts of this and other regions of the globe to discuss state-of-the-art science technology and management of corrosion. The 17th edition of APCCC (APCCC17) was held at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, in India during 27-30 January 2016. The Conference was jointly organized by the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, I.I.T. Bombay, The Indian Institute of Metals, Mumbai Chapter and NACE International, Gateway India Section and supported by other professional societies. The Conference saw an overwhelming participation of 530 delegates from 22 countries, deliberating on 286 papers.
APCCC17 was unique, as for the first time, four pre-conference workshops, viz. (a) Experimental Methods for Corrosion Research, (b) New Technologies for Refinery Corrosion and Asset Integrity Management, (c) Corrosion Control in Chemical Process Industries and (d) Corrosion in Upstream Oil & Gas Industry were organised. These workshops were attended by 182 participants and brought in synergy between academia and industry. Further, a key feature of the main Conference was three theme symposia: (a) Automobile Corrosion, (b) Management of Defense Assets Against Corrosion and (c) 2nd Asian Forum for Materials Aging in Nuclear Systems. The other symposia covered in the APCCC17 included coatings, electrochemical test techniques, aqueous corrosion, environmentally assisted cracking, bio-corrosion and inhibitors.
On the occasion of the Conference, a first-level reviewed e-proceeding of the APCCC17 was published. A select few manuscripts of plenary, keynote, invited and contributory talks of the e-proceeding were further peer reviewed for publication in the special issue of Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology Journal.
The editors sincerely appreciate the contributions of the authors and generous financial support of the Government of India, public sector units and private industries for achieving the objectives of the Conference. We also wish to express our appreciation for Dr C. V. Manian who meticulously improved all these manuscripts for consistency and language.
Guest Editors