Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials: Volume 13 Issue 6

The many faces of GRIT‐BLASTING

Abrasive blasting is favoured for cleaning metal surfaces before applying protective coatings. Its use has been extended to improv‐ing the surface of building materials, quickly…

Chemical cleaning of power plant

I. Davies

Until about 1953 the Central Electricity Generating Board applied only a simple alkali boil‐out before commissioning its boilers. After this time acid cleaning processes were…

SCALING RATES: of pure iron and mild steel in oxygen, steam, carbon dioxide in the range 850°–1000°C

C.W. Tuck, M. Odgers, K. Sachs

The work described in this paper is part of a current programme that has two objects: (1) to investigate further the reasons for the different scaling behaviour of steel in steam…

Metals clad by explosion

A developing technique offers some advantages over conventional methods of cladding relatively cheap structural metals with more costly high‐performance materials. So far, the…

Mould deterioration of materials and equipment

J.J. Elphick

Micro‐organisms have an important part to play in the natural cycle of breakdown and re‐use of materials. They form a well‐organised body of specialists that can break down many…