Ronald M. Latanision

Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering

BS Metallurgy, Pennsylvania State University, 1964
PhD Metallurgical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1968

Room 16-206, 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA  02139

lats@mit.edu
H.H. Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory

Prof. Latanision's research interests are focused largely in the areas of materials processing and in the corrosion of metals and other materials in aqueous (ambient as well as high temperature and pressure) environments. Recent studies include: (1) the behavior of nickel-base alloys exposed to various mechanical loading conditions in light water reactors and supercritical water systems; (2) photoelectrochemical studies of the electronic structure of thin anodic passive films on metal substrates; (3) investigation of the fundamental aspects of underfilm corrosion, employing electrochemical (EIS) and magnetic (VSM) in situ measurements; (4) microbial degradation of polymeric materials; and (5) equipment gerontology: the study of equipment aging and prediction of residual lifetime. 

Selected Publications

"Corrosion in Advanced Materials and Systems", NACE, Houston (1998) (with D.B. Mitton). 

"Application of Practical Aging Management Concepts to Corrosion Engineering", Plenary Talk, 14th Inter. Corrosion Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, September 26 - October 1 (1999) (with others).

"The Potential for Unanticipated Biodegradation During EIS Analysis of Polymer-Coated Metallic Substrates", Electrochimica Acta, 42 (1997) 1859 (with others).

"Corrosion Mitigation in SCWO Systems for Hazardous Waste Disposal", The Symposium on Corrosion in Supercritical Fluids, Paper 414, Corrosion '98 (1998) (with others).

"The Use of EIS and VSM for Measuring the Corrosion Rate of Polymer-Coated Ferromagnetic Metals", Materials Technology, 16 (2001) 3 (with others).

"Education Reform and the Public Will", Daedalus, 124, 4 (1995) 143.