The aim of the course is to educate students so that they can study:

• The tendency of a material (metal or porous material) to decay, in a certain environment (susceptibility), or a system to resist decay (durability)
• The attenuation of its mechanical properties / resistance and the effects of wear on it
• The most common forms of decay
• The speed of the decay
• The dependence of decay from environmental conditions
• Modifying the properties of the material and the parameters of the environment
• The study of the material-environment system to reduce the speed and tendency of decay
• The protection of materials at the industrial plants and structures scale

Course content includes topics on corrosion and protection of metallic materials and systems and the physico-chemistry of decay, maintenance of porous materials.