Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials: Volume 1 Issue 7

CORROSION COMMENTARY

CORROSION HAZARDS IN SURGERY. AN elegant experiment with radioactive isotopes has revealed the cause of corrosion of metal plates used in surgery for repairing broken bones. It…

Corrosive Conditions Encountered by Edge Cutlery

C.N. Kington

The term edge cutlery as used in this article refers to spring knives (such as pocket knives which include a flat spring and moveable blades), knives without springs (such as…

Cathodic Protection in the Marine Field

W. Godfrey Waite

The cathodic protection of ships against corrosion has a long history, for it was first applied in 1824 by Sir Humphry Davy for the protection of the copper sheathed hulls of…

Measurement of Plating Thickness

G. Howells

There are a number of reasons for applying metallic or non‐metallic coatings to metal articles, the most common being to prevent the atmosphere coming into contact with the base…

HOT DIP GALVANISING

R. Haarmann, L. Cazzaniga, R. Souské, A. Celli

Here are summaries of more papers given at the International Conference on Hot Dip Galvanising which met at Oxford in July under the auspices of the Zinc Development Association…

Painting for the Protection of Outdoor Metal Structures: Part 2. The Paint and its Application

J.F. Stanners

In this second and concluding part of his article, Mr. Stanners discusses the choice of paints, paint formulation, the paint system, and, finally, when and how to paint. The first…

Petroleum‐Based Corrosion Preventives

R. Leslie

Temporary corrosion preventives based on petroleum are applied to a great variety of products ranging from ball bearings to sheet steel to give protection during manufacture…

Corrosion from a Plant Designer's Viewpoint

IT is often mistakenly thought that the fight against corrosion is exclusively, or largely, a problem of maintenance. That this is not so is a point strongly emphasised by a…

FRETTING CORROSION

J.R. McDowell, H.H. Uhlig, W.D. Tierney, A. McClellan, Oscar J. Horger

In our August issue we published summaries of two papers given at the Symposium on Fretting Corrosion organised by the American Society for Testing Materials. Three more papers…

CORROSION RESEARCH ROUND‐UP

Cathodic corrosion protection. Cathodic corrosion is defined as the corrosion occurring of a metal which, in an electrolytic cell, forms the cathode. This type of corrosion is…

PRODUCT AND PROCESSES

Corrosion proof motors A range of squirrel‐cage induction motors, designed for use in the corrosive but non‐explosive atmospheres found in chemical plants, plating shops, gas…

CORROSION PATENTS

Rust‐proofing material. An improved rust‐proofing, non‐gelling bituminous material comprises an oxidised cut‐back asphalt containing a minor proportion of an aliphatic primary…