Corrosion news from abroad

Abstract

STEEL Anti‐corrosive carbonate layer. Calcium bicarbonate, which is present in virtually any natural water, suppresses the corrosion of steel if it is allowed to form—together with corrosion products—a coherent adhesive layer of calcium carbonate on the steel surface. The deposition of such a layer depends on the flow and the temperature of the water as well as on the concentration of calcium bicarbonate. Recent Czechoslovak work has been concerned with the use of radioactive calcium‐45 in the study of the influence of these factors on the formation of protective calcium‐carbonate layers in cold and warm water with low calcium bicarbonate content.

Citation

(1964), "Corrosion news from abroad", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 11 No. 5, pp. 40-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb020185