Biographies of Authors and Editors
Schenk, Rolf
Corrosion Expert
Sulzer Innotec, Sulzer Markets & Technology Ltd.
P.O. Box 65, CH-8404 Winterthur, Switzerland
E-mail: rolf.schenk@sulzer.com
Web-site: www.innotec.ch
Rolf Schenk works as a Chemical Engineer at Sulzer Markets & Technology Ltd. in the Dept. Sulzer Innotec in Winterthur, Switzerland. This corporate R&D department supports Sulzer business units as well as external customers in different areas, such as materials and surface technology, fluid dynamics and medical applications. He joined the Materials and Surface group in 1980, focussing on electrochemical characterization of metallic materials, failure analyses and corrosion consulting. Publications cover the following areas: Optimization of duplex stainless steels, corrosion behavior of implant alloys, investigation of extremely low corrosion rates on mild steel, corrosion induced hydrogen evolution of nuclear waste containers. He also contributed substantially to the accomplishment of a corrosion handbook for engineers. His current interests are especially in tribochemical investigations.
