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Potential-pH Diagrams
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Intelligent Tools
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Corrosion Calculator
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Corrosion Economics Estimator
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Additional Specialized Tutorials
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Experience
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David C. Silverman, Ph.D. - Primary Consultant
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2008 Recipient of the Frank Newman Speller Award from NACE International for outstanding contributions in corrosion engineering
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2010 Recipient of the T. J. Hull Award from NACE International for significantly furthering NACE goals in the field of publications
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- Senior Fellow at the leading chemical and biotech companies Solutia and Monsanto.
- Over 30 years of experience working with technology, engineering, marketing/technical service, and sales on corrosion and materials degradation issues.
- Designed tests and interpreted data to provide materials compatibility guidance for world-scale chemical and pharmaceutical plants.
- Provided materials compatibility evaluation and guidance for environmental ground water clean-up.
- Developed and integrated new laboratory technologies for making faster and more effective materials compatibility and corrosion evaluations:
- Specialized immersion testing
- AC and DC electrochemical techniques
- Testing for anodic protection
- Rotating cylinder electrode
- Potential-pH diagrams
- Enhanced elastomer testing
- Evaluation in non-aqueous media
- On-line corrosion monitoring
- Led development and implementation of corrosion inhibitors for several types of products.
- Provided materials compatibility guidance from test design to final assessment for many new and existing products.
- Provided consultation on setting up a corrosion liaison as first point of contact for a corporate division.
- Provided consultation on development of "smart coatings" (e.g. conducting polymers).
- Developed artificial neural network/expert systems for predicting field corrosion behavior from laboratory tests.
- Developed web applications for predicting corrosion and other material behavior (See column to left).
- Taught courses on predicting corrosion using electrochemical and other techniques.
- Co-inventor on United States patents on new products and processes for preventing corrosion.
- Published over 50 scientific articles in peer review journals on corrosion evaluation, corrosion testing, and corrosion control.
- Member of the Editorial Board of Corrosion for 15 years.
- Appointed as Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology at Ohio University
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Education
- B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering - Stanford University
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David C. Silverman, Ph.D. - Primary Consultant
E-Mail: dcsilverman@argentumsolutions.com
Phone: 314-576-3586
Fax: 314-754-9825
Address: The Argentum House
14314 Strawbridge Ct.
Chesterfield, MO 63017
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