Lipid Layer-Based Corrosion Monitoring on Metal Substrates

Corrosion is a deforming process that costs the United States Department of Defense (DOD) approximately $23 billion annually and accounts for 23% of all DOD maintenance. Exhaustive efforts have been made towards the detection and diagnosis of this issue; however, the problem persists. The Army’s “Go Green” initiative has opened the door for research into an environmentally friendly, biologically based corrosion monitoring technique. For this reason, novel research is being conducted on the use of lipid layers in corrosion monitoring.