Corrosion of vertical steel strips exposed in the marine tidal zone and implications for ALWC

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Melchers, Robert E ^a   Jeffrey, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microbiological corrosion; Nutrients; Seawater; Steel; Strips; Tidal

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BULK WATER; FIELD INVESTIGATION; IN-SITU; LOW WATER; MEAN LOW WATER LEVELS; MICROBIOLOGICAL CORROSION; MILD STEEL; NITROGEN LEVELS; RATE-CONTROLLING; STEEL SHEET PILING; STEEL STRIP; STRIPS; TIDAL; TIDAL ZONES; TOTAL NITROGEN;

CARBON STEEL; NUTRIENTS; SEAWATER; STEEL SHEET; STRIP METAL; WATER LEVELS;

CORROSION;

EID: 79952908973     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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