Effects of flow, brass location, tube materials and temperature on corrosion of brass plumbing devices

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1813-1824

  Sarver, Emily ^a   Edwards, Marc ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Brass; B. SEM; B. Weight loss; C. De alloying; C. Pitting corrosion

Indexed keywords

A. BRASS; B. SEM; C. DE-ALLOYING; C. PITTING CORROSION; WEIGHT LOSS;

ALLOYING; BRASS; CHLORINE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; LEACHING; PITTING; PLUMBING; TUBING;

CORROSION RATE;

EID: 79952901552     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.01.060     Document Type: Article

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