Corrosion of vertical mild steel strips in seawater

Corrosion Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2291-2297

  Jeffrey, Robert ^a   Melchers, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Steel; B. Weight loss; C. Atmospheric corrosion; C. Pitting corrosion

Indexed keywords

A. STEEL; B. WEIGHT LOSS; C. ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; C. PITTING CORROSION; CORROSION LOSS; LOW WATER; MASS LOSS; MILD STEEL; SPLASH ZONE; STEEL STRIP; WATER LINE;

ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; SEAWATER; STEEL; STRIP METAL; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER SUPPLY;

PITTING;

EID: 69449087448     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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