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CORROSION TESTS WITH ULTRASONICS ? IT is well known that the corrosion of iron, zinc, aluminium, magnesium, etc., is slower in moving water than in water at rest. This has been…
Corrosion Inhibition of Aluminium‐Zinc in Hydrochloric Acid Solutions
K.G. Sheth, T.L. Rama CharResults are presented of the inhibitor efficiencies of acridine, nicotinic acid, thiourea, strychnine and quinine hydrochloride on the corrosion of aircraft aluminium‐zinc alloy…
ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF…: Preventive Maintenance of Refinery Tanks
P.W. SherwoodCorrosion is a major cause of refinery tank failure. Its cost can be minimised by three measures: cathodic protection ; protection by painting or lining under a well‐planned…
PEOPLE
Dr. Hoar on Lecture Visit. DR. T. P. Hoar, Department of Metallurgy, Cambridge University, will make a British Council‐sponsored visit from August 19 to September 22 to lecture on…
Anti‐corrosive Elastomeric Linings for Industrial Use — Part I
A Special CorrespondentThe plant engineer anxious to protect equipment from corrosion can today choose from a variety of methods, one of which is to use elastomeric lining and coating materials designed…
NEW BUILDING MATERIALS LABORATORY: FACILITIES FOR CORROSION RESEARCH
The new materials laboratory opened last month was designed and built by the Ministry of Works to meet a pressing need of the Building Research Centre, Garston, Herts., whose…
IMPROVED CORROSION RESISTANCE FOR CARS USING GALVANIZED STRIP
The recent trend towards unitised body construction for American motorcars has been accompanied by a demand for materials with improved corrosion resistance and large tonnages of…
New Plant for Continuous Aluminising
Europe's first, and the world's most modern, continuous steel sheet aluminising line will be in operation in Wales later this year. Production procedure at the plant, which will…
AUTOMATIC IMPRESSED‐CURRENT, SACRIFICIAL, AND COMBINED CATHODIC PROTECTION SYSTEMS: PROTECTION FOR STEEL PROPELLERS
Impressed‐current cathodic protection techniques can be used to provide automatically the right amount of current at all times and, with the use of one or other of the systems…
CORROSION RESEARCH ROUND‐UP
MAGNESIUM AND ALUMINIUM Effect of RH of air on hydrogen peroxide formation in atmospheric corrosion. Means are described for maintaining a constant relative humidity of the air by…
PRODUCTS and PROCESSES: PROVIDING INDUSTRY WITH THE MEANS TO COMBAT CORROSION
Hand‐operated Acid Pump. The TK/HODP hand‐operated diaphragm acid pump is a portable unit suitable for works duties such as the emptying of carboys. The pump can be operated by…
NEWS OF INDUSTRY
New Research Laboratory. The recently opened Passfield Research Laboratories at Passfield, Hants., will be devoted to combined research programmes for Metal Containers Ltd., the…
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- Professor Yu Yan