Obscure origins of corrosion consciousness

The corrosion consciousness is based of the knowledge taken from high school and university educations as well as information extracted from mass media. Graduates from several courses in technical universities acquire, or at least should acquire, basic information on corrosion and corrosion protection. However, the university courses do not offer specialistic knowledge on corrosion. Prospective corrosion engineers acquire this knowledge by the continuing education (post-diploma courses, workshops, trainings, apprenticeships at skilled professionals). Textbooks devoted to corrosion are also useful. However, some inconsistencies, concerning corrosion issues, occur in popular textbooks. Examples of such inconsistencies and resulting misunderstandings were shown. Some awkward pieces of information about corrosion issues, disseminated in mass media, were also indicated.