Ulick Richardson Evans

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Ulick Richardson Evans (born March 31, 1889 , † April 3, 1980 ) was an English chemist who mainly dealt with the corrosion of metals . He worked at Cambridge University and is considered the "father of the modern science of corrosion and corrosion protection of metals" or, for short, the "father of corrosion research".

Life

Evans was born in Wimbledon , which is now part of London . He was educated from 1902 to 1907 at Marlborough College in Marlborough and 1907 to 1911 at King's College in Cambridge , where he was also supervised by the metallurgist Charles Heycock . He then did research on electrochemistry, one year in Wiesbaden in Heinrich Fresenius' group and then in London with Samuel and Eric Rideal . His studies were interrupted by the First World War: from 1914 to 1919 he served in the army, mostly in the Middle East. After the war he returned to Cambridge. There he began his research on corrosion and oxidation of metals, which occupied him throughout his working life. On the occasion of his admission to the Royal Society in 1949, he was named "one of the leading authorities on metal corrosion" and was referred to his experiments with varying air flows.

Evans was a very active athlete, especially outdoors and especially cross-country running , but also swimming and mountaineering. He was the vice president of his university's cyclo-cross club for 40 years and took part in several races with his colleagues. He mainly practiced mountaineering in the Lake District , but also in the Dolomites and the Austrian Alps. Evans retired in 1954, but continued to work and published other publications on corrosion well into old age. He died in Cambridge in 1980.

Works

Evans has authored over 200 scientific publications on corrosion, plus several extensive books.

Book publications

  • Metals and Metallic Compounds , four volumes, 1923
  • Corrosion of Metals , 1924 (2nd edition 1926, German translation 1926, French edition 1928)
  • Metallic Corrosion, Passivity and Protection , 1937, German edition Corrosion, Passivity and Surface Protection of Metals 1939, second English edition 1946
  • An Introduction to Metal Corrosion , 1948, second English edition 1963, German translation Introduction to the corrosion of metals , 1965
  • Corrosion and Oxidation of Metals , 1960 (with extensive supplementary volumes 1968 and 1976)
  • Rusting of Iron: Causes and Control , 1972

Evans diagram

An Evans diagram is a plot of the potentials of anode and cathode processes against the current density or against the logarithm of the current density - in the latter case the plot can result in straight lines. It is used to determine the corrosion potential and the corrosion current density, from which z. B. Estimate removal rates.

Journal articles (selection)

Some of Evans' most cited works include:

  • The laws of expanding circles and spheres in relation to the lateral growth of surface films and the grain-size of metals , 1945
  • The of the localized character of corrosion causes on aluminum , with C. Edeleanu, 1951
  • Electrochemical mechanism of atmospheric rusting , 1965
  • Mechanism of rusting , 1969
  • Mechanism of atmospheric rusting , with CAJ Taylor, 1972

Awards (selection)

Web links

  • Ulick Richardson Evans (1889-1980). Biographies. In: Corrosion Doctors> Famous Scientists> Ulick Richardson Evans. Corrosion Doctors, Pierre R. Roberge, accessed January 11, 2020 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Alan Howard Cottrell, JEO Mayne: Ulick Richardson Evans, March 31, 1889 - April 3, 1980 . Obituary. In: Royal Society (Ed.): Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . tape 27 , November 30, 1981, ISSN  0080-4606 , pp. 234-253 , doi : 10.1098 / rsbm.1981.0010 ( royalsocietypublishing.org ).
  2. ↑ a b Archive item details. Evans, Ulick Richardson. In: Certificates of Election and Candidature for Fellowship of the Royal Society. The Royal Society, London, accessed January 11, 2020 (English, Admission to the Royal Society was proposed by: Eric Keightley Rideal , NK Adam, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood , Edmund John Bowen , Ronald George Wreyford Norrish , Robert Robertson and George Ingle Finch ).
  3. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans: Metals and Metallic Compounds . 1st edition. Edward Arnold, London 1923, OCLC 928855229 ( first volume online in the Internet Archive , second volume online in the Internet Archive , third volume online in the Internet Archive , fourth volume online in the Internet Archive ).
  4. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans: The corrosion of metals . Edward Arnold & Co, London 1926, OCLC 3561859 .
  5. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans, Emil Honegger: The corrosion of metals . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1926, OCLC 901027364 .
  6. ^ Ulick Richardson Evans: La corrosion des métaux . Dunod, Paris 1928, OCLC 932350319 .
  7. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans: Metallic Corrosion Passivity and Protection . 1st edition. Edward Arnold & Co, London 1937, OCLC 924652001 .
  8. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans, E. Pietsch: Corrosion, passivity and surface protection of metals . Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg 1939, ISBN 978-3-642-91273-3 ( springer.com ).
  9. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans: An introduction to metallic corrosion . 2nd Edition. Edward Arnold, London 1963, OCLC 864875930 ( archive.org ).
  10. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans, Ewald Heitz: Introduction to the corrosion of metals . Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim / Bergstr. 1965, OCLC 50455943 .
  11. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans: The rusting of iron: causes and control (=  Studies in chemistry . No. 7 ). Edward Arnold, London 1972, ISBN 0-7131-2331-1 .
  12. ↑ Rahim Rahmanin: Corrosion: Evans Diagram. In: Corrosion. Steemit, September 19, 2017, accessed January 11, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans: The laws of expanding circles and spheres in relation to the lateral growth of surface films and the grain-size of metals . In: Transactions of the Faraday Society . tape 41 , 1945, ISSN  0014-7672 , p. 365–374 , doi : 10.1039 / tf9454100365 ( rsc.org - cited more than 480 times).
  14. ↑ C. Edeleanu, Ulick Richardson Evans: The causes of the localized character of corrosion on aluminum . In: Transactions of the Faraday Society . tape 47 , 1951, ISSN  0014-7672 , pp. 1121–1135 , doi : 10.1039 / tf9514701121 ( rsc.org - cited more than 70 times).
  15. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans: Electrochemical Mechanism of Atmospheric Rusting . In: Nature . tape 206 , no. 4988 . Nature Publishing Group, June 1965, ISSN  0028-0836 , p. 980–982 , doi : 10.1038 / 206980a0 ( nature.com - cited more than 110 times).
  16. ↑ Ulick Richardson Evans: Mechanism of rusting . In: Corrosion Science . tape 9 , no. 11 . Elsevier, Pergamon Press, January 1969, pp. 813–821 , doi : 10.1016 / S0010-938X (69) 80074-0 ( elsevier.com - cited more than 140 times).
  17. ^ Ulick Richardson Evans, CAJ Taylor: Mechanism of atmospheric rusting . In: Corrosion Science . tape 12 , no. 3 . Elsevier, January 1972, ISSN  0010-938X , p. 227–246 , doi : 10.1016 / S0010-938X (72) 90671-3 ( elsevier.com - cited more than 270 times).
  18. ^ Beilby Medal and Prize. In: Royal Society of Chemistry> Membership & professional community> Awards & funding> Awards. Royal Society of Chemistry RSC, accessed January 8, 2020 .
  19. ^ Beilby Medal and Prize Winners. In: Royal Society of Chemistry> Membership & professional community> Awards & funding> Awards. Royal Society of Chemistry RSC, accessed January 8, 2020 .
  20. ^ Willis Rodney Whitney Award - NACE. In: NACE International> Membership> Awards> NACE International Awards> Willis Rodney Whitney Award. NACE International, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020 .
  21. ^ Olin Palladium Award. In: ECS> Programs> Awards> Society Awards> Olin Palladium Award. The Electrochemical Society ECS, accessed December 30, 2019 (American English).
  22. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 45984, HMSO, London, May 22, 1973, pp. 6480-6480 ( PDF , English).
personal data
SURNAME Evans, Ulick Richardson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British chemist and metallurgist, corrosion researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Wimbledon
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1980
Place of death Cambridge