Long-term wetting and corrosion characteristics of hot water treated aluminum and copper fin stocks

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1054-1061

  Min, Jingchun ^a   Webb, Ralph L ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Copper; Corrosion; Fin; Heat exchanger; Hot water; Surface

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CORROSION; COPPER CORROSION; HOT WATER HEATING; LUBRICATING OILS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WETTING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER FIN STOCKS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 0036883467     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-7007(02)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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