The corrosion of steel by sea salt of given moisture content

✍ Scribed by Duly, S. J.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1950
• Weight: 317 KB
• Volume: 69
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000691005

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The moisture content of the residue obtained by evaporating sea water is shown here to be determined by the relative humidity of the air in which it is subsequently kept, provided that the storage temperature does not vary: samples of such sea salt corrode mild steel in proportion to their moisture contents. It follows that the extent of corrosion of mild steel by sea salt is governed by the relative humidity of the ambient air and that keeping the moisture content of the salt‐complex at 8% or less substantially prevents corrosion from this cause.