Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials: Volume 2 Issue 10

CORROSION COMMENTARY

A NEW ALLOY. FEW sections of the chemical industry face bigger corrosion troubles than fertiliser manufacture. In the past a somewhat negative policy has often been followed…

THE PAINTING OF SHIPS

T.A. Banfield

Shipping is one of the major British industries and a valuable source of ‘invisible exports’ by virtue of its earnings of foreign currencies. One of the major costs incurred by…

CORROSION PROBLEMS IN Dyeing and Finishing Works

A.J. Hall

Wherever corrosion occurs it can be the cause of many difficulties and much frustration of effort, but it is believed that in no type of works can corrosion be so wasteful of…

Magnetic Water Treatment Apparatus: NOTES ON ITS EFFECTIVENESS

J. Laureys, J. Van Muylder, M. Pourbaix

This report deals with the results of an examination, carried out at the CEBELCOR laboratory in Brussels, of an apparatus for the magnetic treatment of water (CEPI apparatus…

PROTECTING SOUTHEND PIER: Rust a Constant Menace to Thames Estuary Structure

CORROSION is a continual problem for those who are responsible for metal structures and the well‐known Southend Pier provides Mr. Frank Flintoff, the pier manager, and his staff…

PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES

Non‐oxidising preservative. It is generally realised that oxidisation in a paint film is the first stage of decay. A product known as Camrex non‐oxidising preservative has been…

CORROSION RESEARCH ROUND‐UP

GERMANY Stress corrosion in highly‐stressed steels. A description is given of the appearance of cracks of a predominantly transcrystalline character in ordinary and alloyed…

RECENT BRITISH PATENTS

Bright dipping. A description is given of the equipment used for ‘parkerising’ or bright dipping metals, especially where a series of successive bath treatments occur. The…