UPDATING THE CONTENT OF THE COURSE 'CORROSION AND PROTECRION OF METALS' DELIVERED IN UDMURT STATE UNIVERSITY

摘要

At the Udmurt state university the course "Corrosion and protection of metals "is provided for students majoring in chemistry, physics of condensed state of substances, gas and oil production, drilling of gas and oil wells and operating electric power stations. A long-standing experience in training university students proved the necessity of dividing the course into two modules. The first module can be titled as "Theory of corrosion and protection of metals" in which the basic problems of corrosion, the role of thermodynamics in corrosion protection, kinetics and mechanisms of gaseous high temperature corrosion alongside with the principles of electrochemical corrosion, passivity and inhibition are to be discussed. The module is followed by a number of lectures over viewing the corrosion electrochemical properties of metals and constructive materials. The second module is tailored in accordance with the needs of students' specializations. Thus, the students getting the university degrees in chemistry and physics get a profound knowledge in theory of metals, structure of a solid body, properties of inter phase boundaries, gas and other substances adsorption, theoretical electrochemistry, principles of anticor-rosion protection. The diploma papers as a rule are done at the corresponding departments of the University or in the laboratories of the research institutes of the Academy of Sciences. For students specializing in applied fields of science the content of the second module is practically oriented. The syllabus design of these courses is focused on corrosion issues of concrete demands of technological schemes, equipment and communications. Course papers often made on a team based work of a group of students are aimed at solving some current concrete problems vital for industrial enterprises. The transition of Russian universities to a two level system of training "bachelors" and "masters" highlights a tendency to change the proportion between the amount of fundamental and applied knowledge in favor of the last one. But the fact that the educational standards of the third generation to be implemented in Russia in 2010, include some variable components gives hope that the course "Corrosion and protection of metals" will manage to reflect the needs both of industry and fundamental science. However, the up-to-date training of University graduates is impossible without updating the existing text-books and resources. The most effective way to do this is to announce an open and transparent competition in creating a new generation of teaching materials. The illustration of the above mentioned approach is the content of the modules given below.