Atmospheric corrosion of historical organ pipes: The influence of environment and materials

Corrosion Science

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2444-2455

  Chiavari, Cristina ^a   Martini, Carla ^a   Prandstraller, Daria ^a   Niklasson, Annika ^b   Johansson, Lars Gunnar ^b   Svensson, Jan Erik ^b   Åslund, Alf ^c   Bergsten, Carl Johan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. Lead; A. Organic acid; B. SEM; B. X ray diffraction; C. Atmospheric corrosion

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORMIC ACID; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

A. LEAD; A. ORGANIC ACID; B. SEM; B. X-RAY DIFFRACTION; C. ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION;

PIPE;

EID: 51549106065     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2008.06.045     Document Type: Article

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