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Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Sebastian Thomas’ research covers all aspects related to the materials durability. This includes work investigating the macro/micro-structural scale corrosion mechanisms prevalent in additively manufactured alloys, magnesium alloys, galvanised steels, stainless steels, aluminium alloys and also nickel alloys. It also includes work on the development of industry-scale corrosion sensing, monitoring and protection methods (such as cathodic protection and coatings). He also has specific expertise in fundamental electrochemistry and electroanalytical chemistry, which led him to develop several state-of-the-art techniques to unravel the structure-property relationships of materials in the context of corrosion.
He has closely worked with industrial partners such as Woodside, BlueScope Steel, Office of Naval Research (ONR), GE and PPG on different areas such as atmospheric corrosion, hydrogen embrittlement, stress corrosion cracking, corrosion under insulation and chromium-free coatings.
Sebastian’s current projects include investigations into the corrosion characteristics of additively manufactured stainless steels (with Woodside and ONR), sulphide stress cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, corrosion under insulation, stray current corrosion and on the development of next-generation chromium-free coatings for engineering alloys.
Research area keywords
- Corrosion
- Hydrogen Embrittlement
- Additive Manufacturing
- Coatings
- Electrochemistry
- Electroanalytical Chemistry
Network
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Pipeline backfill reimagined to provide in-line corrosion protection
Kodikara, J., Thomas, S. & Asselin, E.
30/05/22 → 29/05/25
Project: Research
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The development of lead-free silicon brass for the plumbing industry
Hutchinson, C., Thomas, S. & Moriarty, M.
28/01/22 → 27/01/25
Project: Research
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Investigating Stray Current corrosion of metallic infrastructure”
Thomas, S. & Ma, J.
2/11/20 → 29/02/24
Project: Research
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Understanding the complex microstructure of Additively Manufactured Alloys (AMAs) and its relationship to durability
Birbilis, N., Hutchinson, C. & Thomas, S.
16/02/18 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Element-resolved electrochemical analysis of the passivity of additively manufactured stainless steel 316L
Choudhary, S., Cruz, V., Pandey, A., Thomas, S. & Birbilis, N., 15 Aug 2021, In: Corrosion Science. 189, 9 p., 109576.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus) -
Growth kinetics of multi-oxide passive film formed upon the multi-principal element alloy AlTiVCr: effect of transpassive dissolution of V and Cr
Choudhary, S., Thomas, S., Macdonald, D. D. & Birbilis, N., 19 May 2021, In: Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 168, 5, 11 p., 051506.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Local electrochemical behaviour of friction stir welded Mg-Al-Mn alloy joints
Salleh, S. H., Zeng, Z. R., McNally, E. A., Birbilis, N., Musameh, M., Venkatesan, K., Kish, J. R., McDermid, J. R., Glover, C. F., Williams, G. & Thomas, S., Feb 2021, In: Corrosion. 77, 2, p. 183-191 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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On the dynamic passivity and corrosion resistance of a low cost and low density multi-principal-element alloy produced via commodity metals
Choudhary, S., O'Brien, S., Qiu, Y., Thomas, S., Gupta, R. K. & Birbilis, N., Apr 2021, In: Electrochemistry Communications. 125, 10 p., 106989.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
The effect of post-processing heat treatment on the microstructure, residual stress and mechanical properties of selective laser melted 316L stainless steel
Chao, Q., Thomas, S., Birbilis, N., Cizek, P., Hodgson, P. D. & Fabijanic, D., 21 Jul 2021, In: Materials Science and Engineering A. 821, 13 p., 141611.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
17 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Contribution to conference
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10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies
Sebastian Thomas (Invited speaker)
23 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference