ACA Board Members meet with Auckland Committee
On the 19th June the ACA Board Chairman Dean Wall, and ACA Board Member Wayne Thomson, met informally with the ACA Auckland Committee.
23rd June 2019
ACA Auckland Meeting Report, May 22nd 2019
The well-attended May meeting held at the Surrey Hotel in Grey Lynn, Auckland, was addressed by Ms Adrienne Burnie, Proprietor and Principal Microbiologist at Biodet Services Ltd, Consulting Microbiologists.
19th June 2019
The Brian Cherry Symposium Papers
We are rapidly approaching this years International Symposium in Corrosion Science and Corrosion Engineering. Over the next few weeks we be releasing the some of the papers from the 2017 Brian Cherry International Concrete Symposium. They are available in web format to everyone. Members will be able to download them in original format at the...
16th June 2019
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15th June 2019
Predicting long-term durability of steel reinforced concrete with calcium nitrite corrosion inhibitor
N. S. Berke1, M. C. Hicks2 1Tourney Consulting Group, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 2Grace Construction Products, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Summary: Steel reinforced concrete is one of the most durable and cost-effective construction materials, but it can suffer in high chloride environments from corrosion due to chloride-induced breakdown of the normal passive layers protecting the steel. One...
11th June 2019
Chemistry to Tame the Power of Steam
It is difficult for us in the 21st century to imagine some of the hazards and dangers that were associated with the Industrial Revolution as it spread across the developed world 200 years ago. It was steam that drove the revolution, with boilers providing the energy for the locomotives and steam ships, as well as...
5th June 2019
Further the Cause | Become a Centurion
Dear ACA Member I am writing to enlist your help in furthering the cause of the ACA Foundation. As you are aware, the Foundation (ACAF) is the charitable arm of the ACA, dedicated to corrosion education and the promotion of corrosion control in the community. The funding of the ACAF and accordingly all our scholarship...
3rd June 2019
President’s Message
ACA members, colleges, volunteers and friends, it is my pleasure to serve the Australasian Corrosion Association as National President for 2019. It is an honour to be the Association’s first female President, particularly as currently there are three female Branch Presidents: Patricia Shaw in New Zealand, Hannah Watchman in South Australia and Candice Blackney in...
2nd June 2019
Where Corrosion Science and Cathodic Protection Commenced
Not far from Piccadilly Circus in London’s West End, stands the impressive Royal Institution building, opened in 1799 for the advancement of science. In this building, two of the most eminent scientists of the nineteenth century made significant contributions to corrosion science and technology, including work on the fundamentals of galvanic corrosion, discovery of cathodic...
30th May 2019
Mine safety and lightning strikes the focus of Curtin’s Fulbright Scholar
22 May 2019 Mine safety and lightning strikes the focus of Curtin’s Fulbright Scholars Protecting industrial infrastructure from lightning strikes and ensuring mine safety will be the aim of two leading US scientists who have been awarded prestigious scholarships to conduct research at Curtin University’s Western Australian School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering...
29th May 2019
Epoxy—A Coating for All Seasons
If you work in corrosion control, you will undoubtedly come across epoxy coatings. They are used wherever steel has to be protected against corrosion— offshore platforms, onshore oil and gas production, refineries, petrochemical plants, power plants, bridges, ships, wharfs, and many more. They will protect steel in the atmosphere from rusting by preventing oxygen and...
28th May 2019
A Rock-Like Coating That Can Protect for Decades
At the outbreak of the Second World War, the Australian government decided to build a blast furnace and shipyard near the then main source of iron ore at Whyalla in South Australia. However, as this site was on the edge of a desert, fresh water needed to be piped 360 km from Morgan on the...
26th May 2019
Corrosion & Materials | May 2019
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26th May 2019
The Humble Building Material that Shelters Millions Across the Globe
Corrugated iron is a widely used building material whose importance is rarely acknowledged. It is used in all climates, all terrains, is cheap and easily fabricated into all sorts of buildings, and can probably claim to shelter more people from the elements than any other building material. Corrugated iron, often incorrectly called “tin,” is usually...
23rd May 2019
Stainless Steel Creates an Art Deco Masterpiece
With the Delhi Pillar (Delhi, India), improved corrosion resistance was achieved through alloy additions to the iron, but this was the result of luck with the ore used. It was not until the late Victorian era that scientific investigations produced the precursors to the modern corrosion-resistant steels in use today. The discovery in 1882 of...
21st May 2019