Corrosion can physically damage national assets: PAMF.

LAHORE -- Pakistan Advanced Materials Forum (PAMF) President Engr. Tahir Ikram said on Tuesday that like other natural hazards such as earthquakes or severe weather, corrosion can cause physical and economic loss to national assets, structures and engineering components including daily use appliances.

He was addressing the inaugural session of training workshop on 'Corrosion and its prevention' organized by PAMF here at Punjab University Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. Faculty of Chemicals and Materials Engineering Dean Prof Dr Abdullah Khan Durrani, PAMF Secretary General Dr. Amjad Ali, 50 scientists and engineers from various educational and other institutions including PN, SNGPL, IST, Punjab University, KRL, PAEC, EPRF, MTC etc. participated in the workshop.

Engr. Tahir Ikram said that objective of this workshop was to update the appreciation of corrosion and the awareness of emerging technologies for corrosion control and prevention. He said that the workshop was intended to focus the concerns of public safety, damage to property and the environment, as well as save billions of rupees.

He said that through the application of existing or emerging technologies to products or services, advances were being made in all methods for corrosion control: selection, coatings, inhibitors, cathodic protection and design.

The PAMF President said that market opportunities were to be found to transfer the existing technologies to other industries. He emphasized that it was a high time to work together for this...