Corrosion of ferrous- and zinc-based materials in CCA, ACQ and CuAz timber preservative aqueous solutions

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1405-1417

  Kear, Gareth ^a   Wú, Hǎi Zhèn ^b   Jones, Mark S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c Science and Engineering Services   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

316 Stainless steel; ACQ; Aqueous timber preservative; CCA; Corrosion; CuAz; Hot dipped galvanised steel; Mass loss; Mild steel

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; COPPER; CORROSION; CORROSION RATE; ELECTROLYTES; FORESTRY; GALVANIZING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MATERIALS TESTING; METALLIC SOAPS; PASSIVATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SOLUTIONS; STANDARDS; STEEL; STEEL TESTING; TIMBER; ZINC;

ACQ; ACTIVE MATERIALS; ALKALINE COPPER QUATERNARY; AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTES; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AQUEOUS TIMBER PRESERVATIVE; CATHODIC REACTIONS; CCA; COPPER AZOLE; CORROSION BEHAVIOUR; CORROSION RATES; CORROSION TESTING; CUAZ; GALVANISED STEEL; HOT-DIPPED GALVANISED STEEL; MASS LOSS; METALLIC COMPONENTS; MILD STEEL; MILD STEELS; SOLID TIMBERS; STANDARD TESTING; TIMBER CONSTRUCTION; TREATED TIMBER;

STAINLESS STEEL;

CORROSION; ELECTROLYTES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LOGGING; PASSIVITY; STANDARDS; STEEL; THERMAL PROPERTIES; ZINC;

EID: 49149112180     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-007-9338-6     Document Type: Article

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