This course is based on Materials Selection for Desalination Plants: A Guide to the Use of Nickel-Containing Alloys (No. 11029), published by the Nickel Institute.

It provides practical guidance for engineers, materials specialists, and plant personnel involved in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of desalination facilities. The publication explains how different alloys—particularly stainless steels, duplex and super duplex grades, nickel-containing alloys, copper alloys, and titanium—perform in the aggressive environments found in seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO), multiple effect distillation (MED), and multi-stage flash (MSF) plants.

The guide focuses on corrosion mechanisms, fabrication considerations, and real-world service experience, with the goal of supporting informed material selection that improves reliability, minimizes corrosion-related failures, and optimizes lifecycle cost in desalination systems.