Corrosion & Materials Consultants - CMC Ltd

Suite 5
48 Lexham Gardens
London
W8 5JA

Tel:+44 (0) 20-7460 9408
Fax:+44 (0) 20-7460 9409

Email: info@cmc.ltd.uk
Website: www.cmc.ltd.uk

Established: 1987

Key personnel:
Prof M Gwyn Hocking, BSc, PhD, DIC, FIMMM, FICorr, NACE Specialist
Dr Paulette S Sidky, BSc, MSc, PhD, DIC, MBA, FICorr, MIMMM, NACE Specialist

Services offered:
All sectors covered to include marine, oil, chemical, water treatment, energy and construction with an emphasis on corrosion issues to include: materials selection, accident investigation, failure analysis, problem solving and corrosion control.
Aqueous as well as high temperature corrosion.
Corrosion testing of materials, inhibitors and paints as well as metallic and ceramic coatings.
Independent technical reviews.
Scanning reference electrode equipment for mapping localised corrosion.
Training from technician to masters levels. In-house programmes designed and delivered dealing with corrosion in all its forms and protection methods.

Typical projects undertaken:
SCC for oil and nuclear industries.
Weld attack and localised corrosion of stainless steels and duplex SS in an industrial water treatment plant and in the food industry.
Pitting Corrosion of cupro-nickel pipes in heat exchangers.
Effect of inhibitors on crevice corrosion.
Hydrogen embrittlement of high strength steel.
Feasibility studies viz a viz design and corrosion aspects of a bridge in Bangladesh.
Advice on cathodic protection criteria for a major pipeline in Middle East involving prestressed concrete pipes.
Effect of environment on cathodic protection system of ships.
Accelerated low water corrosion on steel piles in the Thames.
Estimation of the life expectancy of modified galvanised steel in marine environment.
Expert witness & preparation of documentation for arbitration cases:
  • waste incinerator corrosion
  • valves for automotive turbocharged engines
  • pitting and weld attack of stainless steel, involving microbial corrosion
Overseas Experience: Switzerland, Libya, Egypt

Language(s): Arabic, moderate French and some German

Keywords:
  1. corrosion, weld, material selection, coating, monitoring, technical review, cathodic protection, pipeline, reinforced concrete, technology transfer
  2. expert witness
  3. failure analysis
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