NACE International

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NACE International
Type	Professional Organization
Founded	1943 [1]
Headquarters	Houston, Texas
Key people	Bob Herbert, President[2]
Area served	Worldwide
Focus	Corrosion
Method	Conferences, Publications, Standards [3]
Members	16,003
Slogan	Protecting People, Assets, and the Environment from the Effects of Corrosion
Website	web.nace.org/Default.aspx

NACE International is a professional organization for the corrosion control industry established in 1943. As of 2006, there are approximately 16,003 NACE members world wide. The main areas of activities are cathodic protection, coatings for industry and material selection for specific chemical resistance.

NACE was formerly known as the National Association of Corrosion Engineers.

NACE publishes the journals, Materials Performance (MP) and Corrosion. NACE also publishes recommended standard practice and testing articles for use by industry and other Corrosion societies. Standing committees periodically review and update the standards as required. An annual conference is held in the United States for the entire organization and several regional meeting and conferences around the world.

NACE is one of many world wide corrosion societies.

[edit] Awards Sponsored

• The Willis Rodney Whitney Award is given annually for significant contributions to corrosion science, such as the development or improvement of a theory that provides a more fundamental understanding of corrosion phenomena and/or the prevention of corrosion.

[edit] External links

• NACE International Website
• W. R. Whitney Award webpage.

Until June 23, 2006, NACE published standard recommended practices, but the designation of this type of standard was changed to simply standard practice.