Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) Guidelines

The EFC, founded in 1955, is a federation of 33 societies with interests in corrosion, and is based in 26 different countries throughout Europe and beyond. Its member societies represent the corrosion interests of more than 25,000 engineers, scientists, and technicians. The Federation’s aim is to advance the science of the corrosion and protection of materials by promoting cooperation in Europe and collaboration internationally. Aside from national and international corrosion societies, universities, and research centers, companies can also become affiliate members of the EFC. The administration of the Federation is in the hands of the Board of Administrators, chaired by the EFC president. The scientific and technical affairs are the responsibility of the Science and Technology Advisory Committee, chaired by the STAC chairman, assisted by the scientific secretary. The General Assembly approves any EFC policy prepared and presented by the BoA. The Federation is managed through its General Secretariat, with three shared headquarters located in London, Paris and Frankfurt. The EFC carries out its most important activities through its 19 active working parties devoted to various aspects of corrosion and its prevention, covering a large range of topics: corrosion and scale inhibition, corrosion by hot gases and combustion products, nuclear corrosion, environment sensitive fracture, surface science and mechanisms of corrosion and protection, physicochemical methods of corrosion testing, corrosion education, marine corrosion, microbial corrosion, corrosion of steel in concrete, corrosion in oil and gas production, coatings, corrosion in the refinery industry, cathodic protection, automotive corrosion, tribo-corrosion, corrosion of polymer materials, corrosion protection of drinking water systems, corrosion of archaeological and historical artifacts. The EFC is always open to formulating new working parties in response to the demands brought about by developing technologies, and their ensuing corrosion requirements and applications. The European Federation of Corrosion’s flagship event is EUROCORR, the most important corrosion congress in Europe, which is held annually in a different European country in September of each year. To date, 28 EUROCORR conferences have taken place in 12 different countries, and they have gained a reputation for their high technical quality, global perspective, and enjoyable social program. Another channel for the EFC’s valuable transfer of knowledge is the EFC “green” book series, which is the fruit of the collaboration and high scientific caliber within and amongst the EFC working party members, and is emblematic of the EFC editorial policy. In 2012, the EFC concluded an agreement with Woodhead Publishing Limited to publish new titles in the EFC’s prestigious book series, drawing together research from the various EFC working parties. Woodhead Publishing is now an imprint of Elsevier S&T Books. EFC Offices are located at: European Federation of Corrosion, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 1 Carlton House Terrace, London SWlY 5DB, UK Fédération Européenne de la Corrosion, Fédération Française pour les sciences de la Chimie, 28 rue Saint-Dominique, F-75007 Paris, France Europäische Föderation Korrosion, DECHEMA e.V., Theodor-Heuss- Allee 25, D-60486 Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany