Table of contents
CT COMMENTARY
BUILDING WITH ALUMINIUM. For over 60 years satisfactory service has been achieved in the building industry with aluminium components. Success has been apparent when the correct…
ELECTRICAL POWER INDUSTRY
Three aspects of corrosion or oxidation in the field of transmission and distribution of electricity are discussed. The first concerns the sources of attack and the nature of…
ROPES: CORROSION and ALLIED TESTING
R.E. CampbellThe fact that steel ropes are subject to corrosion and consequent shortening of their service life is by no means a new problem. It is not, however, always appreciated that many…
CORROSION OF IRON: in the Presence of Hydrogen Sulphide in the Two‐phase Electrolyte‐hydrocarbon System
IT is well known that gas mains which carry petroleum gases containing hydrogen sulphide are subject to strong corrosion by the latter; their normal life is of the order of a few…
ALUMINUM BUNGALOWS: Write‐off Through Corrosion
Corrosion of aluminium bungalows erected between 1947 and 1951 and designed for a full life of 60 years has caused the Ministry of Housing and Local Government to issue a…
Corrosion Devastation of Trawlers
A correspondent writes: Anyone in search of a dramatic illustration of the effects of corrosion and neglect need look no further than the illustrations reproduced on this page. A…
CORROSION RESEARCH ROUND‐UP
ALUMINIUM Prevention of exfoliation corrosion—extended ageing. Laboratory‐produced aluminium alloy extrusions to B.S. 1476 : HE15, covering a range of copper content from 3.8 to…
GALVANIZED SHEET STEEL: John Summers' New Continuous Production Line
Increased demand for galvanized sheet and coil steel has led a major firm in this field to install a continuous hot‐dip galvanizing line at its Shotton works near Chester…
PRODUCTS and PROCESSES: PROVIDING INDUSTRY WITH THE MEANS TO COMBAT CORROSION
Small Bore Inspection. Detection of corrosion and other faults in the walls of tubes, valves, holes and bores of small dimensions is now considerably simplified by the Bore Viewer…
NEWS OF INDUSTRY
Murex Extensions. Extensions costing around £350,000 have recently been completed at the works of Murex Welding Processes Ltd. at Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. The new buildings…
PEOPLE
Du Pont Changes. S.W. MCCUNE III has been promoted from Deputy Managing Director to Managing Director of the Du Pont Co. (United Kingdom) Ltd. He succeeds W. H. MCCOY, who returns…
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- Professor Yu Yan