An Investigation of Isothermal Calorimetry to Measure Corrosion Rates

Project Description

Project Overview:  Metal fasteners are being used to hold wood together, however can corrode because of wood preservative treatments.   Forest Products Laboratory desires to use a new technique (isothermal calorimetry) to study this corrosion.  Isothermal calorimetry methods have not been used before to track the corrosion rates of different metal fasteners in wood samples.  The objective and goal of this project is to develop a standard isothermal calorimetry testing procedure and determine the ability of the isocalormeter to measure corrosion.  The team will recommend the suitability of this technique for future research in the area.

Client:  Dr. Samuel Zelinka, Forest Products Laboratories

Student Team: Ben Kryka, Yi Xin Han, William Bumbaca, Patrick Costello