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CT COMMENTARY
B.I.S.R.A. AT WORK. Good progress is reported on the development by the British Iron and Steel Research Association of a process for coating steel strip with aluminium powder by…
ZINC DUST PAINTS —: chemical or electrochemical protection?
R.H. ChandlerThere is a common area of agreement that zinc dust paints can protect steel exposed adjacent to surfaces covered by the paint and that cathodic protection, if present, is rapidly…
CORROSION TEST STATION AIDS SYDNEY'S WATER BOARD
The internal corrosion of its householders' services is costing the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board, Sydney, New South Wales, up to £500,000 p.a. In order to…
PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF VACUUM COATINGS: Present and Future Techniques
N.A. Lockington, I.J. TóthA wide field of applications for vacuum coatings has been opened up by the development of techniques for producing thicker protective coatings and, in some cases, aluminium…
PROTECTION FOR THE FORTH ROAD BRIDGE: Corrosion‐free Cables for 100 Years
This suspension bridge, with its main span of 3,300 ft., is expected to be opened in 1963. It will be the largest in Europe and the fourth largest in the world. A number of…
PROTECTING THE ‘CANBERRA’
The largest turbo‐electric passenger ship ever built in the U.K. and the largest ship built here since the war, the 820‐ft.‐long, 45,270‐ton Canberra, belonging to the Orient and…
AT RECENT EXHIBITIONS …
In case of thin paint films, the standard type of high‐voltage holiday detector is not suitable owing to breakdown of the thin film, and for this reason Metal & Pipeline Endurance…
Preventing Corrosion in the ‘Argosy’
The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy is a maid‐of‐all‐work type of aircraft, suitable for both military and civil operation. Fatigue tests on a complete aircraft have proved that it is…
PRODUCTS and PROCESSES: PROVIDING INDUSTRY WITH THE MEANS TO COMBAT CORROSION
Metallised Tape. Metallised polyester tape, a new pressure‐sensitive tape in the Sellotape range, consists of polyester film coated with a heavy deposit of aluminium. The material…
CORROSION RESEARCH ROUND‐UP
SYMPOSIUM Ferrare, Italy. Fischer, Germany. The inhibition by means of electrolytic layers is characterised in that they prevent the passage of metal in the diffusion layer and in…
NEWS OF INDUSTRY
Lead Development Move. The Lead Development Association has moved to new offices at 34 Berkeley Square, London, W.1.; telephone GROsvenor 8422.
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- Professor Yu Yan