Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials: Volume 35 Issue 11

Passivity and localized corrosion

Z.A. Foroulis Exxon Research, Engineering Company

Passivity and localized corrosion is discussed using iron, iron‐chromium, iron‐chromium‐nickel alloys and aluminium as examples. A brief description is given of the prevailing…

Building offshore platform topsides utilizing chromium‐nickel stainless

Colin J. Billington

Much ado is made about reducing the weight of the topside structures of oil and gas offshore platforms — by improved layout, equipment miniaturization, reduced equipment…

Macpherson paints solve British Corporation floor problem

When British Steel's Shotton Works, Clwyd, decided to add an additional floor area to their annual shutdown maintenance programme at three days notice, it posed a big problem for…

Rockwool at Sullom Voe

More than 2,000 square metres of Rockwool wired mat insulation have been used in a major gas plant refurbishment project at Europe's largest oil terminal at Sullom Voe, Shetland.

Flame coatings service

The Advanced Coatings Division has recently been granted CAA approval for its Cadvac coating service. Cadvac is the NEI registered name for a process involving ion assisted…

METHODS

Corrosion‐resistant cladding chosen for Shell Lubricants Centre. Dominating the skyline of the Shell Lubricants Centre in Stanlow, Cheshire is the high bay automated warehouse…

MATERIALS

Marinel™ alloy — extra high strength cupronickel for marine service. A new extra high strength cupronickel has just been introduced by Langley Alloys and is the latest development…

EQUIPMENT

Compact automatic viscosity flowcup. As a response to customers requests, Sheen Instruments has made major design changes to its Autovisc 450 automatic flowcup viscosity measuring…

INDUSTRY

Corby MP welcomes Ion deposition service. Mr William Powell, the local MP, recently visited the Corby, Northants, premises of Ion Deposition Ltd to see their ion vacuum deposition…