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CORROSION COMMENTARY
TITANIUM—PRICE AND VALUE. TITANIUM is now well‐established as a structural material in the aircraft industry because of its unique strength/weight ratio. But its outstanding…
CATHODIC PROTECTION IN ISRAEL: PART 1—ON THE LAND
D. SpectorIsrael, located in the sub‐tropical zone, is a very small country, measuring about 300 miles in length and averaging about 35 miles in width. Its rainy season only lasts for about…
Instruments for Cathodic Protection
Many new instruments have recently been added to the armoury of those providing cathodic protection. Several of these are described in this article, which is also concerned with…
Zinc Anodes for Cathodic Protection
J.H. MorganHistorically, zinc was first used to provide cathodic protection to the copper‐sheathed hulls of warships a century and a quarter ago. The practice continued with steel‐hulled…
CATHODIC PROTECTION OF STEEL UNDERGROUND
Underground corrosion of steel pipe has been estimated to cost $600 million (approximately £200 million) annually, in the United States. Efforts to reduce this toll have been…
PROTECTION OF STEEL PILES IN NORWAY
During the last 20 or 30 years it has become usual in Norway to found important buildings on bare steel piles which are driven down to bedrock and left without special corrosion…
U.S. TANKERS FREED FROM CORROSION
John GrindrodFollowing a number of years of trial and experiment, two American chemical tankers, the S.S. Marine Chemist and S.S. Marine Dow‐Chem, chartered by the Dow Chemical Co., of…
Protecting Central‐Heating Boiler Fireboxes
A CENTRAL‐HEATING boiler remains serviceable for a much longer period when kept in continuous operation throughout the year and not allowed out for the summer. This was proved…
CORROSION TECHNOLOGY: Photographic Competition Results
Unfortunately we have received very few photographs worthy of consideration for the photograph competition announced in our April issue and are, therefore, only able to reprint…
CORROSION‐RESISTANT COATINGS: Natural, Chlorinated and Synthetic Rubber
E.G. RawlingsOne of the most versatile weapons which the corrosion engineer has at his disposal in his constant war against corrosion is rubber. Both natural and synthetic rubber sheet linings…
PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES: PROVIDING INDUSTRY WITH THE MEANS TO COMBAT CORROSION
Silicone Compound Silicone compound MS 5 was originally developed as a lubricant for silver‐plated switch contacts and instrument movements and is stated subsequently to have…
Technical Literature
‘Dinaphon’ V33, V54, V68 and V103. Hangers Paints Ltd. These leaflets describe the properties of Dinaphon materials. Dinaphon V33 is a thermal insulating anti‐condensation…
PEOPLE
Appointment of Chairman Col. D. G. N. LLOYD‐LOWLES is the new chairman of the Amber Group of Companies, of which he has been a director for some time. He succeeds the late Mr…
CORROSION RESEARCH ROUND‐UP
U.S.S.R. Protection of Main Pipe‐Lines. The effect of a current arising from continuous current transmission lines was assessed on the difference of pipe‐earth potential and on…
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- Professor Yu Yan