Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials: Volume 20 Issue 1

PREVENTING FASTENER CORROSION

Davis, L Timmins

The total life and reliability of a fastened joint does not depend entirely upon the initial strength of the components involved but also upon the compatibility of the materials…

ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF METAL SPRAYING

F.C. Porter, J.H. Payne

Quotations for the protection of substantial tonnages of widely different types of steelwork were obtained from eight companies, geographically distributed throughout England and…

MORE METAL LESS PAINT

E.A. Gerhold

For many years sprayed metal coatings have been generally regarded as being undercoats for paint systems on iron and steel surfaces, thin coatings of zinc, aluminium or zinc…

CALCULATIONS OF THE RESISTANCE TO EARTH OF VERTICAL GALVANIC ANODES

P.J. Dugdale

Single anodes The galvanic anodes in common use are the metals magnesium and zinc. Magnesium anodes are alloys of aluminium (ca 6%), zinc (ca 3%), manganese (ca 0·2%) and…

PURE HYDROGEN FROM ELECTROLYSIS PLANT

Hydrogen is becoming ever more important throughout industry. Of the various known processes for producing high‐purity hydrogen and oxygen, the most popular is the electrolytic…

CORROSION AND PROTECTION AT THE N.P.L.: 3: Research on oxidation of metals

G.O. Lloyd

Work on oxidation of metals at N.P.L. has been devoted largely to an investigation of the mechanism of breakaway oxidation of iron‐chromium alloys. Much research on oxidation has…

NOVEL DEAERATOR DESIGN

One of the most compact deaerators on the market for producing non‐corrosive boiler feed water has been introduced by Neckar Water Engineering Ltd. A feature of the design is the…