Student Research Symposium Program Portal: Submission #238
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Submission Number: 238
Submission ID: 9086
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Created: Sat, 01/31/2026 - 05:53 PM
Completed: Sat, 01/31/2026 - 06:24 PM
Changed: Sat, 01/31/2026 - 06:24 PM
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Language: English
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ROBERT
COPSEY
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering
I am an FSU-PC Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate from Panama City, Florida with an interest in Mechanical System Design and Material Selection.
Corrosion Effects on Secondary Processing of AISI 1018 Steel
This project details and evaluates the corrosion effects of a 5% salt fog on AISI
1018 steel samples of various secondary processes: machined, bead-blasted,
coated, and coldworked over a period of 24 and 48 hours. Samples were
weighed and measured before and after the salt-fog test to determine corrosion
rates. Images were taken and used to document corrosion behaviors and
comparisons between samples were made. The observed corrosion effects were
as expected for all samples. The corrosion rate calculations were unreliable due to
illegitimate and random errors made during the experiment.
1018 steel samples of various secondary processes: machined, bead-blasted,
coated, and coldworked over a period of 24 and 48 hours. Samples were
weighed and measured before and after the salt-fog test to determine corrosion
rates. Images were taken and used to document corrosion behaviors and
comparisons between samples were made. The observed corrosion effects were
as expected for all samples. The corrosion rate calculations were unreliable due to
illegitimate and random errors made during the experiment.
Yvonne Traynham
Florida State University
Mechanical Engineering
ytraynham@eng.famu.fsu.edu
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Corrosion, Steel, Experiment
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Complete
Face to Face Poster session
Yes
2026
5th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 17, 2025
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