Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials: Volume 2 Issue 6

CORROSION COMMENTARY

ALUMINIUM CENTENARY. A HUNDRED years ago, at the Paris Exposition of 1855, Prof. Ste. Claire Deville exhibited samples of aluminium which he had extracted from clay by a chemical…

MAGNESIUM ANODES in a Chemical Plant

Oliver Osborn

Magnesium anodes are useful under conditions where accessibility is difficult and electrical facilities unobtainable. At the Dow Chemical Co.'s Freeport, Texas, plant the…

Corrosion in the Tannery

F.E. Humphreys

The atmosphere of a tannery is one of the most highly corrosive of industrial atmospheres. Humidity is high, often containing corrosive vapours from the various liquors used in…

Corrosion in the Petroleum Industry PART 2

F.H. Garner, A.R. Hale

For economic reasons it is imperative that shut‐downs at oil refineries should be kept to a minimum. Corrosion is a major factor contributing to a shut‐down; therefore its control…

STRUCTURAL STEEL PROTECTION

P. Nylén, K.F. Trägärdh, J.C. Hudson, J.F. Stanners, M. Van Rysselberge, D. Bermane, W.E. Ballard, F.R. Rivett, H.F. Tremlett, W.A. Johnson

During the second day of the symposium on ‘The Protection of Structural Steel’ interest again centred on the comparative advantages of paint and metal coatings. Speakers discussed…

DEVELOPMENTS IN PRECISION WEIGHTS

Much research has been devoted in recent years to improving the quality of precision weights, and among the exhibits on view at the 39th Physical Society Exhibition, held at the…

EUROPE'S OIL EQUIPMENT: Use of Anti‐Corrosive Materials

Two years ago an intra‐Enropean mission visited manufacturers of oil equipment in Europe under the technical assistance programme of the Organisation for European Economic…

CORROSION RESEARCH ROUND‐UP

FRANCE Bacterial corrosion. Sulphate reducing bacteria are anaerobic and autotropic, and they have no need for organic substances. Their need of carbon is supplied by CO2 or…

PEOPLE

President of Aluminium Development Association At the annual general meeting of the Aluminium Development Association held in London on April 22, Dr. Horace W. Clarke, chairman…

Russian Work on Resistance to Heat and Corrosion of Surface‐alloyed Steels

IN RUSSIA, as elsewhere, work has been undertaken for many years on the alloying of steel surfaces by ‘saturation’ with other metallic elements, with a view to increasing…

THE TRIEF CEMENT PROCESS: CORROSION‐RESISTING CONCRETE IN U.K.

FOR the past two years work has been progressing steadily on the North of Scotland's Hydro‐Electric Board's project at Glen Moriston, Inverness‐shire, notable in that Trief cement…

CORROSION PATENTS

Lubricating system protection. Corrosion of the bearing surfaces of a lubricated mechanism is reduced or prevented by adding an aqueous solution of sodium nitrite to the…