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Chemistry at KU Leuven, Belgium’s leading university, already found international recognition back in 1784 with Dr. Minckelers invention of coal gasification and gas lighting. Since then, the university has kept a rich tradition in industrial chemistry and related fields.

In 1960, the – at that time – very modern “ Institute for Industrial Chemistry ” was created. One field

of research was Industrial Electrochemistry (including

Corrosion). Later, other divisions of the Institute had a major role in environmental research and water treatment.

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The (electrochemical) corrosion work evolved in close cooperation with Marcel Pourbaix (Cebelcor), Belgium’s renowned corrosion scientist, later nominated for the Nobel Price Chemistry.

Marcel Pourbaix (with Ulick Evans)

Innovat ion i s i n our DNA, today as i t was decades ago i n the 1960s , 70s , 80s and 90s . . . . . . More than ha l f a centur y o f Indust r i al Chemi st ry Resea r ch & Deve l opmen t !

In the early 1970s, the KU Leuven Corrosion Lab played a pioneering role in the development of electrochemical measuring techniques for high temperature high-pressure aqueous

systems, such as geothermal installations or nuclear steam generators.