Corrosion, Art and Physical Chemistry

Personal page of

Dr. Alec Groysman

Ph.D.

Manager of Corrosion and Materials R&D Laboratory

  1. Date of birth: two days before Israel state (May 12, 1948)

  2. Tel – 972-4-8788623

  3. Fax – 972-4-8788371

  4. E-mail: GALEC@ORL.CO.IL

  5. Address: POBox 4, Oil Refineries Ltd., Haifa, Israel, 31000

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Years

University

Degree

Specialization

1978 – 1983

Mendeleyev Chemical Technological University, Moscow, USSR

Ph.D.

Chemistry

Corrosion, Materials, Physical Chemistry,

1966 – 1973

Mendeleyev Chemical Technological University, Moscow, USSR

M.D.

Chemical Engineering

Isotopes and Pure Substances, Physical Chemistry,

 

 

Rust at the magnification of 3,500

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

  1. ORT BRAUDE COLLEGE, Karmiel, Israel.

    2. Undergraduate Courses:

    1. 1996 - “Corrosion and Corrosion Control”

    2. 1998 - “Materials Science and Engineering”

    3. 2001 - “Physical Chemistry”

  2. BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Undergraduate Courses:

“Corrosion and Corrosion Control”, “Chemical Behavior of Materials”.

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

Research Area

Position

Place

Years

Corrosion of Metals and Anticorrosion Measures, Corrosion Monitoring, Corrosion Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Art and Corrosion

Head of Corrosion and Materials R&D Laboratory

Oil Refineries Ltd., Haifa, Israel

1993 -

Corrosion Engineer

1990 – 1993

Corrosion of Metals, Paints, Coatings, Corrosion Inhibitors, Electrochemistry, Ecology, Thermodynamics of Solution

Deputy Director of Scientific Research Institute

Central Scientific Research Institute “Goscomnefteproduct RSFSR”

Astrakhan, U.S.S.R.

1976 – 1990

1988 – 1990

Head of Corrosion Department

1984 – 1988

Head of Corrosion Laboratory

1981 – 1984

Engineer – researcher

1976 – 1981

Relationships among people, Ecology

Active service in the army

Army, Siberia

1974 – 1975

Agrochemistry

Engineer – researcher

Institute of Agrochemistry and Soils, U.S.S.R.

Academy of Science, Puschino-na-Oke.

1973 – 1974

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1999 – 2002 : Participation in the National Research “Self – Assembled Organic

Films on Non-Noble Metals and Alloys: A Novel Approval to

Interface-Related Technological Challenges” (with Weizmann Institute

of Science, Hebrew University and Bar-Ilan University).

 

PUBLIC POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES:

  1. Vice-Chairman of the NACE Israel Section from 1992 (National Association of Corrosion Engineers International).

  2. Member of the Editorial Board of the Magazine “Chemistry and Chemical

    3. Engineering” (Tel-Aviv, Israel) from 2000.

  3. A member of Professional Corrosion Committee in the Institute of Standards

(Israel) from 2002.

 

 

 

Rust formed in the peroxoborate solution (right)

and the Chinese picture of 16th century (left)

 

 

PUBLICATIONS (2000 – 2002):

  1. Aesthetic, Philosophical and Historical Aspects in Chemical Education, In: Proceedings of the 68th Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, January 26 – 27, 2003, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2003.

  2. Relationship between Corrosion and Philosophy, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (Hebrew), 2002, No. 44, October, p. 9 – 14.

  3. Corrosion and Philosophy, 15th International Corrosion Congress “Frontiers in Corrosion Science and Technology”, Granada (Spain). September 22 to 27, 2002, Paper no. 482. Abstracts (p. 60).

  4. Corrosion and Philosophy, Abstracts of the 5th Conference of the Corrosion Forum NACE Israel, 29 May 2002, p. 1.

  5. Electrochemical Study of the Protective Properties of the Monolayers and Thin Films on Aluminum and on Stainless Steel 316, Abstracts of the 5th Conference of the Corrosion Forum NACE Israel, 29 May 2002, p. 68.

  6. MIC of Storage Tank Aluminum Floating Roofs During Hydrotest, Materials Performance, Vol. 41, No. 4, April, 2002, p. 50-54.

  7. Use of Art Media in Physico-Chemical Education. In: Proceedings of the 67th Meeting of the Israeli Chemical Society, Jerusalem, Israel, 29 – 30 January, 2002.

  8. History of the evolution of knowledge about corrosion. In: Proceedings EUROCORR 2001, Riva del Garda, Italy, September 30 – October 4, 2001, p.

  9. MIC of aluminum alloy floating roofs for storage tanks during hydro-test. In: Proceedings EUROCORR 2001, Riva del Garda, Italy, September 30 – October 4, 2001, p.

  10. New Developments in the Corrosion Control of Inner and Outer Pipeline Surfaces for the Transporting of Fuels and Hazardous Liquids, Proceedings of the Conference “Pipeline 2001” (Hebrew), 3 – 5 September, 2001, Ramat-Gan.

  11. Philosophical Aspects in the Education of Chemistry, Corrosion, Materials Science, Art and History, In: Proceedings of the 66th Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, February 5 – 6, 2001, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2001, p. 286.

  12. A Study of Corrosion of Mild Steel in Mixtures of Petroleum Distillates and Electrolytes, Corrosion, 2000, Vol. 56, No. 12, p.1266-1271.

  13. Analysis of Corrosion Failures in Refinery Equipment, In: Proceedings International Conference on Materials Science and Technologies, AGIL 2000, November 8-9/2000, p. 60.

  14. Electrodeposition of Sol-gel Films on Aluminum Substrates for Corrosion Inhibition, In: Proceedings International Conference on Materials Science and Technologies, AGIL 2000, November 8-9/2000, p. 61.

  15. The Philosophy of Relationship between CORROSION and ART, In: Proceedings EUROCORR 2000, Past Successes – Future Challenges, 10-14th September 2000, London, United Kingdom, IoM Communications Ltd., p.138.

  16. Corrosion and Philosophy, Electrochemical Week in Honour of Professor Eliezer Giladi, June 13 – 15, 2000. Tel-Aviv University.

  17. Cavitation Corrosion in a Continuous Catalytic Reformer Unit, Materials Performance, Vol. 39, No. 6, 2000, p. 62-66.

  18. Corrosion Science and Technology from the Historical Point of View, Proceedings of the 4th Conference of the Corrosion Forum NACE Israel, 17-18 May 2000, Hertzlia, Israel, p. 4-5.

  19. Study of Corrosiveness of Crude Oil Towards Low Alloy Steels, Proceedings of the 4th Conference of the Corrosion Forum NACE Israel, 17-18 May 2000, Hertzlia, Israel, p. 35-36.

  20. Interdisciplinary Relationship between Chemistry, History and Art in Corrosion Education. Proceedings of the 65th Meeting of the Israel Chemical society, 8-9th February 2000, p. 187.

  21. Influence of Peroxocompounds on Corrosion of Mild Steel and Admiralty Brass in Aqueous Solution. Reviews in Analytical Chemistry (Special Issue Proceedings of the Israel Electrochemical Society Symposium June 13, 1999); 1999, Vol.18, No.5, p.285-292.