Exposure testing of fasteners in preservative treated wood: Gravimetric corrosion rates and corrosion product analyses

Corrosion Science

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3943-3948

  Zelinka, Samuel L ^a   Sichel, Rebecca J ^b   Stone, Donald S ^b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Preservative treated wood; A. Steel; A. Timber; A. Zinc; B. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); B. X ray diffraction (XRD)

Indexed keywords

A. STEEL; A. TIMBER; A. ZINC; PRESERVATIVE-TREATED WOOD; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIFFRACTION; GALVANIZED METAL; GALVANIZING; IRON; IRON OXIDES; LOCKS (FASTENERS); PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIMBER; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS; ZINC;

CORROSION RATE;

EID: 77957687468     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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