DESIGN OF A METAL MATERIAL CORROSION RATE TEST TOOL AS A SUPPORT FOR MARITIME INDUSTRY OPERATIONS AT THE CENTRAL JAVA SEA PORTS

Abstract

Indonesia is one of the countries that has a vast ocean so that Indonesia is also called a maritime country. The sea transportation sector is a very important element in the development, distribution and unity of the population separated by the ocean. Ports are an important part of sea transportation services such as berthing, loading and unloading goods, loading and unloading passengers and export and import services. One of the damages to port infrastructure is corrosion. This research aims to make a corrosion test tool that can be used to calculate the corrosion rate of metals such as steel, aluminium, copper and brass. The results of making a corrosion rate test tool can be used by maritime industry players in carrying out maintenance and repairs, predicting the life of tools made of metal that can be corroded by corrosion environments such as the sea and ports, so as to avoid work accidents due to infrastructure damage and increase the age of port infrastructure made of metal by repairing and maintaining before the equipment is damaged.