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a man acquires infinite power” 

Publications

― Émile François Zola (1840-1902)

Ph.D. Thesis:

Influence of Temperature on Solubility of Oxygen and its Chemical Interaction with Mild Steel in Aqueous Solutions of Salts, Mendeleev Chemical Technological University, Moscow, USSR, 1983 (in Russian)

Peer-Reviewed Papers

 

  1. Cleaning Oil Refining and Petrochemical Process Equipment, Materials Performance,    February 2018, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 40 - 43.

  2. E. Grishina, D. Gelman, S. Belopukhov, D. Starosvetsky, A. Groysman, Yair Ein-Eli,  Improvement of Aluminum-Air Battery Performances by the Application of Flax Straw Extract, 28 Jul 2016, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co. KGaA, Weinheim, ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, pp. 2103-2111. Wiley Online Library, 
     http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/cssc.201600298/full

  3. Corrosion Education in Oil and Gas Industry: Experience and Insight into the Future, Corrosion, Materials and Protection, 2014, No. 4, pp. 1-13. (In Russian).

  4. Corrosion and Protection from Corrosion of Tanks Containing Liquid Fuels (Koroze a Ochrana Proti Korozi Zásobníku na Kapalná Paliva), MM Průmyslové spectrum (Industrial Spectrum), 2013, No. 5, pp. 18-19 (In Czech).

  5. Corrosion and Materials in the World of Crude Oil and Fuels (Part 2),
    Journal “Newsletters”, Israeli Institute of Energy and Environment, 2013, March, No.346, pp.16-18 (In Hebrew).

  6. Influence of Vernadskiy’s doctrine on modern science, technologies and the humanities, Tambov University Reports, A Journal of Tambov State University, A Theoretical andApplied Scientific Journal, Series: Natural and Technical Sciences, Volume 18, Issue 2,2013, pp. 501-512 (In Russian).

  7. Corrosion of Aboveground Storage Tanks Containing Fuels, Materials Performance, 2012, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 52-56.

  8. Corrosion: against us or for us, Journal “About Chemistry”, Weizmann Institute, 2010,  No.16, February, pp.6-13 (In Hebrew).

  9. Sergio Meth, Alec Groysman, Natali Savchenko, Maxim Koltypin, David Starosvetsky, Federico A. Viva, Chaim N. Sukenik, Corrosion studies of stainless steel protected by a TiO2 thin film deposited on a sulfonate-functionalized self-assembled monolayer, Corrosion Science, 2010, Vol. 52, pp. 125-129.

  10. Corrosion Monitoring, Corrosion Reviews, 2009, Volume 27, Nos. 4-5, pp. 205-343.

  11. Alec Groysman and Naphtali Brodsky Corrosion and Quality, Accreditation and Quality Assurance: Journal for Quality, Comparability and Reliability in Chemical Measurement, Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, February 2006, Vol.10, No. 10, pp. 537-542.

  12. Combatting corrosion in refineries, Stainless Steel World, Vol. 17, October 2005, p. 67.

  13. Anticorrosion Technique for Aboveground Storage Tanks, Materials Performance, November 2005, Vol. 44, No. 11, pp. 40 - 43.

  14. Corrosion of Aboveground Fuel Storage Tanks, Materials Performance, September 2005, Vol. 44, No. 9, pp. 44 - 48.

  15. A. Groysman, N. Brodsky, J. Penner, A. Goldis, and N. Savchenko,  Corrosiveness of Acidic Crude Oil and Its Fractions, Materials Performance, April 2005, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 34 - 39.

  16. A. Groysman, O. Groysman and K. P. Paschenko, Study of inhibitive properties of wastes of hydrolysis-yeast production, Vestnik of Astrakhan State Technical University, Vol. 4 (23), 2004, November-December, pp. 35-40. (in Russian).

  17. Mari Sheffer, Alec Groysman, David Starosvetsky, Natali Savchenko and Daniel Mandler, Anion embedded sol-gel films on Al for corrosion protection, Corrosion Science, 46 (2004), pp. 2975 – 2985.

  18. Mari Sheffer, Daniel Mandler, and Alec Groysman, Electrodeposition of Sol-Gel Films on Al for Corrosion Protection, Corrosion Science, 2003, 45, pp. 2893-2904.

  19. J. Starosvetsky, R. Armon, A. Groysman, and D. Starosvetsky, MIC of Storage Tank Aluminum Floating Roofs During Hydrotest, Materials Performance, April, 2002, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 50-54.

  20. Alec Groysman and Natasha Erdman, A Study of Corrosion of Mild Steel in Mixtures of Petroleum Distillates and Electrolytes, Corrosion, 2000, Vol. 56, No. 12, pp. 1266- 1271.

  21. A. Groysman, A. Kaufman, B. Feldman, Y. Man, Cavitation Corrosion in a Continuous Catalytic Reformer Unit, Materials Performance, 2000, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 62-66.

  22. Jeana Starosvetsky, Robert Armon, Alec Groysman, and David Starosvetsky, Fouling of Carbon Steel Heat Exchanger Caused by Iron Bacteria, Materials Performance, 1999, Vol. 38, No.1, pp. 55-61.

  23. A. Groysman and N. Khomutov, The solubility of oxygen in the aqueous electrolyte solutions (Review), Uspechi chimii (Successes of Chemistry), 1990, Vol.59, No. 8, pp. 1217-1250 (In Russian).

  24. Alec Groysman and Lev Freidin, Electrode potentials of one-compound and multi-compound steel dentures and their corrosion characteristics, Stomatology, 1989, No.1, pp. 66-71 (In Russian).

  25. Methods of determination of oxygen in liquids (Review), Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 1989, Vol. 44, No. 12, pp. 2133-2147 (In Russian).

  26. Anticorrosion protection of the petroleum product storage tanks, Neftepererabotka i Neftechimiya (Treatment of Crude Oil and Oil Chemistry), 1989, No. 5, pp. 40-44 (In Russian).

  27.  The influence of sodium silicate corrosion inhibitor on the purification of sewage, Neftepererabotka i Neftechimiya (Treatment of Crude Oil and Oil Chemistry), 1989, No.1 (In Russian).

  28. The study of the anticorrosive properties of the arc-metal spray coatings, Transport i khraneniye nefteproduktov i uglevodorodnogo sirya (Transport and Storage of Petroleum Distillates and Hydrocarbons), 1988, No. 3, pp. 12-16 (In Russian).

  29. The problem of the calculation of the salting-out coefficients of oxygen for the individual ions, Dep. VINITI No. 6818-B86 (All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technological Information), 12 p. (In Russian).

  30. The salting-out coefficients of oxygen from the aqueous electrolyte solutions, Dep. VINITI   No. 6214-86, 13 p. (In Russian).

  31. The protection of steel constructions from the waste`s influence, Lacokrasochniye materiali i ikh primeneniye (Paint Materials and their Use), 1987, No. 5, pp. 63-65 (In Russian).

  32. The problems of anticorrosion protection in petrochemical and refining industry, Transport i khraneniye nefteproduktov i uglevodorodnogo sirya (Transport and Storage of Petroleum Distillates and Hydrocarbons), 1987, No. 4, pp. 8-10 (In Russian).

  33. The organic corrosion inhibitors of mild steel, Zaschita Metallov (Protection of Metals), 1987, Vol. 23, No.1, pp.164-166 (In Russian).

  34. The anticorrosion protection of the strips for the tanks` support, Lacokrasochniye materiali i ikh primeneniye (Paint Materials and their Use), 1986, No. 5, pp. 64-66 (In Russian).

  35. The inhibitive properties of the complexones in wastes, Zaschita Metallov (Protection of Metals), 1985, Vol. 21, No.2, pp. 304-306 (In Russian). 

  36. Corrosion inhibitors of mild steel in wastes, Transport i khraneniye nefteproduktov i uglevodorodnogo sirya (Transport and Storage of Petroleum Distillates and Hydrocarbons), 1984, No. 5, pp. 15-19 (In Russian).

  37. Thermodynamics of oxygen solubility in aqueous solutions, Zurnal Physicheskoi Chimii (Journal of Physical Chemistry), 1984, Vol. 58, No. 7, p.1776 (In Russian). Translated into English. 

  38. The experimental study of temperature influence on oxygen solubility in aqueous electrolyte solutions, Zurnal Physicheskoi Chimii (Journal of Physical Chemistry), 1984, Vol. 58, No. 3, p. 723 (In Russian). Translated into English.

  39. The influence of corrosion inhibitors on the purification of wastes, Transport i khraneniye nefteproduktov i uglevodorodnogo sirya (Transporting and Storage of Petroleum Distillates and Hydrocarbons), 1983, No. 1, pp. 34-39 (In Russian). 

  40. The study of the efficiency of corrosion inhibitors for the protection of pipelines and tanks with wastes, Transport i khraneniye nefteproduktov i uglevodorodnogo sirya (Transporting and Storage of Petroleum Distillates and Hydrocarbons), 1983, No. 2, pp. 19-22 (In Russian). 

  41. The relationship of kinetic parameters interaction of steel and aqueous electrolyte solutions, Dep. VINITI No. 1567-83 (In Russian).  

  42. Thermodynamics of oxygen solubility in aqueous solutions of Na2CO3 and Na3PO4, Dep. VINITI   No. 1644-83 (In Russian).  

  43. The salting-out of oxygen from aqueous solutions of Na2CO3 and Na3PO4 at different temperatures, Dep. VINITI No. 1566-83 (In Russian). 

  44. The solubility of oxygen in the aqueous solutions of electrolytes at various temperatures, In: Problemi termodinamiki rastvorov (Problems of Thermodynamics of Solutions), Mezschvuzovski Sbornik No. 2, Vol. 121, Moscow, 1982, pp.136-143 (In Russian). 

Edited Proceedings

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  1. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference “Art, Science and Technology: Interaction between Three Cultures”, 1-2 June, 2011, Karmiel, Israel, Domus Argenia Publisher,Milano, Italy, 2012, 211 p. 

  2. Proceedings of the 2nd Inter-Regional Scientific-Practical Conference “Theory and Practice of Protection of Metals from Corrosion”, 30 November -2 December 1988, Astrakhan, 1988 (in Russian).

Conference Peer-Reviewed Papers

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  1. The Role of Corrosion Management in Prevention of Corrosion Failures, Paper No. 7252, 
    NACE International 2016 Conference, 6-10 March 2016, Vancouver, Canada, 15 p.

  2. Corrosion in Systems for Transportation and Storage of Petroleum Products and Biofuels, Paper No. 5455, NACE International 2015 Conference, 16-21 March 2015, Dallas, Texas, USA, 16 p.

  3.  Examination of a “Green” Corrosion Inhibitor and Corrosion resistant Alloys for the Overhead of the Crude Oil Distillation Unit, Paper No. 2134,
    NACE International 2013 Conference, 17-21 March 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA, 13 p.

  4. Use of Art Media in Scientific and Engineering Education, Gasathj (Generative Art, Science and Technology Hard Journal), 2012, Issue No.1, pp. 54-60, Publisher Domus Argenia, Sardinia, Italy. www.gasathj.com.

  5. Art, science and technology: interaction between three cultures, In: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference “Art, Science and Technology: Interaction Between Three Cultures”, 1-2 June, 2011, ORT Braude College, Karmiel, Israel, Domus Argenia Publisher, Milano, Italy, 2012, pp. 1-8.

  6. Hydrogen Damage and Prevention in the Oil Refinery, Paper No. 11295, NACE International 2011 Conference, 13-17 March 2011, 15 p. 

  7. Corrosion of Aboveground Storage Tanks: Identification, Monitoring and Solutions, Paper 08665, CORROSION 2008, New Orleans, USA, 16-21 March 2008, 17 p.

  8. Low Temperature Naphthenic Acid Corrosion Study, Paper 07569, CORROSION 2007, Nashville, USA, 11-15 March 2007, 20 p.

  9. A. Groysman and I. Shvarts, Study of Efficiency of Industrial Corrosion I nhibitors for Cooling Water Systems at Oil Refining Industry, Paper 06097, CORROSION 2006, San Diego, California, USA, 12-16 March 2006, 10 p.

  10. Study of Corrosiveness of Acidic Crude Oil and its Fractions, Paper 05568, CORROSION  2005, Houston, Texas, USA, 2- 7 April 2005, 13 p.

  11. Alec Groysman and Natasha Erdman, Corrosion and Protection of Mild Steel in Mixture Petroleum Product – Electrolyte, Paper No. 140, The 54th Conference NACE CORROSION/99, San Antonio, Texas, USA, April 25-30, 1999, 12 p.

  12. An Investigation into the Protective Properties of a VCI Modified Acrylic Film for Protective Steel Applications. Paper No. 240, CORROSION/98, San-Diego, USA, 1998, 11p.

  13. Corrosion Monitoring and Control in Refinery Process Units. Paper No. 512,  CORROSION/97, New Orleans, USA, 1997, 25 p.

  14. Corrosion Cases, Their Analysis and Solutions in the Oil Refinery, Paper No. 335, CORROSION/95, Orlando, USA, 1995, 12 p.

  15. Protection of Structures from Corrosion in Wastes. Paper No. 240. CORROSION/92, Nashville, Tennessee, 1992, 12 p.

  16. A. Groysman and T. Kravchuk, Influence of Peroxocompounds on Corrosion of Mild Steel and Admiralty Brass in Aqueous Solution. Reviews in Analytical Chemistry  (Special Issue Proceedings of the Israel Electrochemical Society Symposium June 13, 1999); 1999, Vol.18, No.5, pp. 285-292.

Conference Non Peer-Reviewed Papers

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  1. Physicochemical Behavior of Engineering Materials in Ammonia and its Derivatives (Education Example), The European Corrosion Congress EUROCORR 2018, Krakow, Poland, 9–13 September 2018, 18 p.                 

  2. Fouling, Corrosion, and Cleaning in Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industry, 20th International Corrosion Congress/EUROCORR 2017/Process Safety Congress 2017, Prague, Czech Republic, 3–7 September 2017.  

  3. Water Chemistry for Copper Cooling Systems: Corrosion and Scaling Prevention, 20th International Corrosion Congress/EUROCORR 2017/Process Safety Congress 2017, Prague, Czech Republic, 3–7 September 2017.          

  4. Corrosion: Pros and Cons,20th International Corrosion Congress/ EUROCORR 2017/Process Safety Congress 2017, Prague, Czech Republic, 3–7 September 2017.  

  5. Corrosion Problems and Solutions in Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industry,The European Corrosion Congress EUROCORR 2016, Montpellier, France, 11–15 September, 2016, 14 p.          

  6. Humor in Corrosion Science and Corrosion Education, The European Corrosion Congress EUROCORR 2016, Montpellier, France, 11–15 September,2016, 11 p.                   

  7. Past, Present and Future in Corrosion Education (Corrosion and Life),
    The European Corrosion Congress EUROCORR 2012, Istanbul, Turkey,
     9–13 September, 2012, 16 p., Book of Abstracts, p. 127.

  8. Examination of "Green" Corrosion Inhibitors and Corrosion Resistant Alloys for the Overhead of the Crude Oil Distillation Unit, The European Corrosion Congress EUROCORR 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, 9–13 September, 2012, 13 p., Book of Abstracts, p. 176.

  9. Use of Art Media in Scientific and Engineering Education, XIV Generative Art International Conference GA2011, Edited by Celestino Soddu December 5-7, 2011, pp. 32-46, Rome, Italy.

  10. Corrosion of Aboveground Storage Tanks Containing Fuels, The European Corrosion Congress, In: Proceedings EUROCORR 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, 4–8 September, 2011, 12 p.

  11. How to Teach and Learn Corrosion? The European Corrosion Congress, In: Proceedings EUROCORR 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, 4–8 September, 2011, 12 p.

  12. Interdisciplinary Relationships in Corrosion Teaching and Education at School, College and University, The European Corrosion Congress, In: Proceedings EUROCORR 2010, Moscow, Russia, 13–17 September, 2010, 23 p.

  13. Hydrogen Damage, Monitoring, and Prevention in the Oil Refinery,
    The  European Corrosion Congress, In: Proceedings EUROCORR 2010,
     Moscow, Russia, 13–17 September, 2010, 30 p.

  14. Corrosion and Music, In: Proceedings International Festival-Congress
    Symmetry Art & Science, Gmund, Austria, 23-38 August 2010, pp. 68-71. 

  15. Corrosion Monitoring in the Oil Refining Industry: Review. Proceedings of the International Conference on Corrosion CORCON2009, 28th  September - 1st October 2009, Mumbai, India, 85 p.

  16. Corrosion Monitoring in the Oil Refining Industry, The European Corrosion Congress, Proceedings EUROCORR 2009, Nice, France, 6–10 September, 2009, 75 p.

  17. Naphthenic Acids Combat Naphthenic Acid Corrosion, Paper No. 2257, In: Proceedings 17th International Corrosion Congress, October 6-10, 2008, Las-Vegas, USA, 2008, 16 p. (Co-authors: J. Penner, N. Brodsky, S. Skorodinsky).

  18. Corrosion and Music, Paper No. 2541, In: Proceedings 17th International
     Corrosion Congress, October 6-10, 2008, Las-Vegas, USA, 2008, 6 p.
     (Co-authors: O. Groysman).

  19. Corrosion and Music, The European Corrosion Congress, Proceedings
     EUROCORR 2008, Edinburgh, Scotland, 7 – 11 September, 2008, 7 p.

  20. New Inhibitors for Preventing Naphthenic Acid Corrosion, The European Corrosion Congress, Proceedings EUROCORR 2008, Edinburgh, Scotland, 7 – 11 September, 2008, 17 p.

  21. Naphthenic Acid Corrosion Study, Paper 1081, The European Corrosion
    Congress, Proceedings EUROCORR 2007, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 9 – 13 September, 2007, 23 p. (Co-authors: N. Brodsky, J. Penner).

  22. Corrosion and quality in the oil refining industry, The European Corrosion Congress, Proceedings EUROCORR 2006, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 25 – 28 September, 2006, 10 p. (Co-author: N. Brodsky).

  23. Corrosion is everywhere, The European Corrosion Congress, Proceedings EUROCORR 2006, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 25 – 28 September, 2006, 12 p. (Co-author: O. Groysman).

  24. Anti-Corrosion Management and Environment at the Oil Refining Industry, Proceedings of the International Conference on Corrosion CORCON2005, 28th-30th November 2005, Chennai, India, 2005, 18 p.

  25. Corrosion for Everybody, The European Corrosion Congress, Proceedings EUROCORR 2005, Lisbon - Portugal, 4 – 8 September, 2005, 8 p., (Co-author: O. Groysman).

  26. Corrosiveness of Acidic Crude Oil and Its Fractions, The European Corrosion Congress, Proceedings EUROCORR 2005, Lisbon - Portugal,
    4 – 8 September, 2005, 12 p. (Co-authors: N. Brodsky, J. Penner, A. Goldis,| N. Savchenko).

  27. Corrosion and Quality, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality, November 16-18, 2004, Jerusalem, Israel, pp. 223-230.

  28. Corrosion Problems and their Solutions in the Refining Industry, The European Corrosion Congress, Proceedings EUROCORR 2004, Nice, 12 – 16 September, 2004, 9 p.

  29. Corrosion: Love and Struggle, European Corrosion Congress, Proceedings EUROCORR 2004, Nice, 12 – 16 September, 2004, 9 p.

  30. Humanistic aspects in corrosion education, EUROCORR 2003 – The European Corrosion Congress, September 28 – October 2, 2003, Budapest, Hungary, Paper No. 028, 11 p.

  31. Corrosion and Philosophy, 15th International Corrosion Congress “Frontiers in Corrosion Science and Technology”, Granada (Spain). September 22 to 27, 2002, Paper No. 482. 9 p.

  32. History of the evolution of knowledge about corrosion. In: Proceedings
    EUROCORR 2001, Riva del Garda, Italy, September 30 – October 4, 2001, 11 p.

  33. MIC of aluminum alloy floating roofs for storage tanks during hydro-test. In: Proceedings EUROCORR 2001, Riva del Garda, Italy, September 30 – October 4, 2001, 7 p.

  34. The Philosophy of Relationship between CORROSION and ART, In:
    Proceedings EUROCORR 2000, Past Successes – Future Challenges, 10-14th September 2000, London, United Kingdom, IoM Communications Ltd., 11 p.

  35. Corrosion of aboveground storage tanks for petroleum products and choice of coating systems for their protection from corrosion, EUROCORR` 98, The European Corrosion Congress “Solutions of Corrosion Problems”, Event No. 221, 28th September – 1st October 1998, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

  36. Corrosion Monitoring in the Oil Refinery, Proceedings of the 13th International Corrosion Congress, 25-29 November 1996, Melbourne, Australia.

  37. Corrosion Monitoring in the Oil Refinery, International Conference “Corrosion in natural and industrial environments: problems and solutions” (Italy), Paper No. 07, 23-25 May 1995.

  38. Corrosion Monitoring at the Oil Refinery, Proceedings from Corrosion Asia 1994, The Second NACE Asian Conference, September 26 - 30, 1994, Singapore, pp. 1005-1 to 1005-13.

  39. Study of Anticorrosion Properties of Metal Arc - Sprayed Coatings on Carbon Steel for Use in Petroleum Products. 12th International Corrosion Congress, Vol. 1, 19-24 September 1993, NACE International, Houston, Texas, USA, pp. 63-76.

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