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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191030T110000
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URL:https://www.iims.org.uk/events/live-lecture-biological-attack-on-iron-
 and-steel-a-surveyors-potential-nightmare/
SUMMARY:Live lecture: Biological attack on iron and steel - a surveyor's po
 tential nightmare?
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 Retired\, veteran marine surveyor and Past IIMS President\, Eur Ing Jeffre
 y Casciani-Wood will present this live lecture[/caption]\n\nIIMS is deligh
 ted to present one of its occasional live\, online seminars\, this one ent
 itled: Biological attack on iron and steel - a surveyor's potential nightm
 are?\n\nBefore booking your place please note that this lecture will be gi
 ven at 11.00 (UK time) on Wednesday 30 October 2019. If you are unable to 
 join live\, you are able to request a copy of the video that will be prepa
 red and made available after the event - see below.\n\nMarine surveyors wi
 ll be familiar with common iron rust whatever form is takes and should not
  only be able to recognise the five different types of electro-chemical on
  sight and understand the conditions that cause the problem\, but also kno
 w how to deal with these conditions in order to minimise their deleterious
  effects on a vessel’s structure. The literature on the subject of elect
 rochemical or galvanic corrosion is enormous. Biological attack is\, howev
 er\, not so widely understood or recognised in the marine world where it g
 enerally takes one of two main forms\, either macrobiology or microbiology
 .\n\nMacrobiological attack is the well known phenomenon of mussels\, barn
 acles\, slimes\, grasses and seaweeds attaching to the hull. These items d
 o not usually cause serious harm to the metal but they can and do slow the
  boat down and increase the fuel consumption. However\, there is a differe
 nt kind of corrosion which is also found on metal boat hulls\, particularl
 y those lying in water containing decaying vegetable matter. Few people it
  seems are familiar with the problem or that it is caused by microbiologic
 al attack. Or\, in other words\, metal worm\, tiny micro-organisms that ea
 t the steel or metal. MIC is a highly unpredictable process but the marine
  surveyor should realise that\, under the influence of micro-organisms\, t
 he corrosion processes can happen in a matter of months compared to the ye
 ars it would take for ordinary abiotic corrosion to reach serious proporti
 ons. The impact and cost implications can be enormous and an estimated 20%
  of all corrosion damage is caused by micro-organisms\, yet little seems t
 o be known about the subject.\n\nRetired\, veteran marine surveyor and Pas
 t IIMS President\, Eur Ing Jeffrey Casciani-Wood\, has studied this phenom
 enon for a number of years and will present this essential online lecture 
 live from the IIMS offices.\n\nThe cost is £35 to include a copy of the v
 ideo that will be made of the lecture and sent after the event.
CATEGORIES:IIMS Events & Meetings,Marine Events &
 Conferences,What's On
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