Corrosion resistance of metals and alloys. By R. J. McKay and R. Worthington. Pp. 492. New York: Reinhold publishing Corp.; London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1936. 35s

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• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1936
• Weight: 261 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000554434

✦ Synopsis

yeiirs been t,ryiiig to co-ordiiintc it iiuinher of cotiipnriit i d y siiiiple tests of the ndhcsioii, Iinrdiiws, w n r resistiiiice, nnd corrosioii rcsishiice of electrodeposits which will nllow of tlic riipitl iissessiiiciit of tlic performniice of n given clectro-tl(~j)ositctl fitiisli uiidcr " out,door " rind *' iiitloor '' coiitlit,iotis of service. 'l'wo of the itiost. iiiiportiiiit. fiict.ora iirc the 1)orosit.y i i i i d thickiiess of electrodeposits ; iitid viiliiiil)lc tests of tliesc properbies hnve IJCCII, iiiitl nre beiiig, tlcvisetl for iiitliistriiil use. The tried iiiet,liotls iire fully tlcscri1)etl i n t-lie hook iititlcr revi cw.

11 ~wlunblc fcritiirc of the work is tlir~t~, owitig t,o the fact thiit the iiutoiiiobilc iiitlustry is coticeriictl with 1111 four of the iiiost iiiiportiitit, biisis iiietiils utilized :it present-rininely, steel, hiss, ziiic I)iisc tlic ciistiiigs, and diiiiiiiiiiiiii, encli of these iiiiiteriiils is corisitlcrctl and the iiiotlificntioii in t,licir rcspect,ive trciittiiciit, to ol)t.iiiii tlic iiiost cfiiciciit. results tii:iy he tletlucctl.

Tlic book is well protliicctl, clcitrly :itiiiotiitctl iiiitl tnliulntcd, iiiid profusely illust-riitctl. lliiiiy of tlicsc illustr:itiotis, wliicli couiprisc pliotogrnplis of tcst, pieces takcii iit rnrioiis stiigcs duriiig tlic progress of tlifrcri.iit corrosioii t,csts, arc esl)cci:dIy interest iiig to t,hc expert,.