By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

• Be very familiar and aware of all the 66 damage mechanisms stated in Recommended Practices API 571 as well as the different types of corrosion and cracking mechanisms
• Be able to distinguish and identify the type, extent and severity of the damage mechanism faced in the plant facilities
• Learn to anticipate which equipment may suffer specific damage mechanisms under which design and operating conditions
• Know how to inspect for the damage mechanisms and recommended types of inspection methods
• Know how to prevent the occurrence of the well-known damage mechanisms.
• Get prepared for the next API 571 exam and have enough knowledge and skills to pass such exam in order to get the API 571 Inspector certificate

•   Basics of Corrosion
• Understanding deeply the whole Damage Mechanisms as per API 571
• How to determine which damage mechanism you may face with your plant assets
• The Best Methodology to study for the exam
• Real Exam Tricks & Simulation

This training course will combine presentations with instructor-guided interactive discussions between participants relating to their individual interests. Practical exercises, video material and case studies aimed at stimulating these discussions and providing maximum benefit to the participants will support the formal presentation sessions. Above all, the course leader will make extensive use of case examples and case studies of issues in which he has been personally involved.

Day One

• Introduction to material properties and metallurgy
• Basics of NDT & DT
• Corrosion theories.
• Terms and Definitions
• 885 °F (475 °C) Embrittlement
• Amine Corrosion 
• Amine Stress Corrosion Cracking
• Ammonia Stress Corrosion Cracking 
• Ammonium Bisulfide Corrosion (Alkaline Sour Water).
• Ammonium Chloride and Amine Hydrochloride Corrosion.
• Aqueous Organic Acid Corrosion. 
• Atmospheric Corrosion.

  Day Two

• Boiler Water and Steam Condensate Corrosion.
• Brine Corrosion.
• Brittle Fracture.
• Carbonate Stress Corrosion Cracking.
• Carburization. 
• Caustic Corrosion.
• Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking.
• Cavitation.
• Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking.
• CO2 Corrosion.
• Concentration Cell Corrosion.
• Cooling Water Corrosion.
• Corrosion Fatigue.

Day Three

• Corrosion Under Insulation.
• Creep and Stress Rupture.
• Dealloying.
• Decarburization 
• Dissimilar Metal Weld Cracking.
• Erosion/Erosion-Corrosion.
• Ethanol Stress Corrosion Cracking.
• Flue Gas Dew Point Corrosion.
• Fuel Ash Corrosion.
• Galvanic Corrosion.
• Gaseous Oxygen-enhanced Ignition and Combustion.
• Graphitic Corrosion of Cast Irons.

Day Four 

• Graphitization
• High-temperature H2/H2S Corrosion.
• High-temperature Hydrogen Attack.
• Hydrochloric Acid Corrosion.
• Hydrofluoric Acid Corrosion.
• Hydrofluoric Acid Stress Corrosion Cracking of Nickel Alloys.
• Hydrogen Embrittlement.
• Hydrogen Stress Cracking in Hydrofluoric Acid.
• Liquid Metal Embrittlement.
• Mechanical Fatigue (Including Vibration-induced Fatigue).
• Metal Dusting. 
• Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion.
• Naphthenic Acid Corrosion.
• Nitriding.
• Oxidation.
• Oxygenated Process Water Corrosion

 Day Five 

• Phenol (Carbolic Acid) Corrosion
• Phosphoric Acid Corrosion 
• Polythionic Acid Stress Corrosion Cracking 
• Refractory Degradation 
• Stress Relaxation Cracking (Reheat Cracking) 
• Short-term Overheating-Stress Rupture (Including Steam Blanketing) 
• Sigma Phase Embrittlement
• Soil Corrosion 
• Sour Water Corrosion (Acidic).
• Spheroidization (Softening)
• Strain Aging.
• Sulfidation.
• Sulfuric Acid Corrosion.
• Temper Embrittlement.
• Thermal Fatigue.
• Thermal Shock.
• Titanium Hydriding.
• Wet H2S Damage (Blistering/HIC/SOHIC/SSC).
• Tips for API 571 Exam
• Q&A for the whole course.