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CORROSION COMMENTARY
THAT DOMESTIC FIRE. ‘TROPICAL seaside conditions where the air is full of salt will produce corrosion exceeding anything in this country, but apart from that, and on the whole, we…
Contamination and Corrosion in Rail Tank Cars
S. John Oechsle, Kenneth G. Le FevreDespite improvements in tank cars since their invention in 1870, a major problem has always remained—the problem of corrosion and contamination control. Although aluminium and…
PROTECTING STEELWORK FROM RUST: RESULTS OF SURFACE TREATMENT TESTS
A firm of paint manufacturers have completed an extensive series of tests carried out at their laboratories. The object of these tests was to gauge the efficiency of performance…
NEW HOT‐DIP GALVANISING PLANT
At Reading, in Berkshire, a new hot‐dip galvanising plant has been operating for twelve months. Installed in the works of Ideal Casements Ltd., it incorporates several new ideas…
Yorkshire Firm's Pickling and Painting Plant
RECENT developments at the Rose Mount iron works of Robert Dempster & Sons Ltd., Elland, include a new pickling and painting shop, which is now in operation.
A Fight Against Ignorance: An Argument in Favour of a Corrosion Research Association
E.N. ALMSOn leaving university the science graduate, having been taught to be meticulous in his methods, is far more accurate and painstaking than the blunt demands of practice require…
PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES: PROVIDING INDUSTRY WITH THE MEANS TO COMBAT CORROSION
Ceramic Cutting Tool. The American manufacturers of a new cutting tool claim that it provides a harder edge than any known anting tool substance except the diamond. It is said to…
STREES‐CORROSION CRACKING OF BRASS
Stress‐corrosion cracking has been a problem in the production of wrought‐brass articles for many years. During spinning or deep drawing of brass cups, lamp bases and the like…
CORROSION RESEARCH ROUND‐UP
U.S.S.R. Anti‐friction alloys and corrosion protection. Prof. B. V. Losikov reviews recent work in this field in the Soviet Union, including some of his own and co‐workers, and…
CORROSION‐RESISTANT PIPES AND SURFACES
There were several stands of interest to readers of CORROSION TECHNOLOGY at the Public Works and Municipal Services Exhibition, held in London last month. A number of firms were…
PEOPLE
Flying Visit. B. J. NICHOLSON, M.B.E., 69‐year‐old chairman of Jenson & Nicholson Ltd., left England in late October to visit Canada on business. He intends to go to the Far East…
Technical Literature
Bibliography on Reinforced Plastics (Second Supplement). British Plastics Federation. A second supplement to the ‘Bibliography on Reinforced Plastics,’ consisting of ten pages of…
CORROSION PATENTS
Stainless steel, etc., desurfacing. A hot metal body is treated by discharging pre‐heated flames and oxidising and solid, powder‐laden gas streams thereover together with an…
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- Professor Yu Yan