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
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
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
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
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26th May 2019
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
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
The boat show was a great success for the ACA and ACA Foundation. We connected with lots of new people! Bringing to the marine and boating industry an awareness of the importance of protecting our assets from one of the most corrosive environments…the sea!
20th May 2019
Proper corrosion protection is critical in steel construction. Protective coating systems on bridges and other steel structures that fail due to poor durability or through incorrect specification are expensive, inconvenient and may have a negative impact on public health, safety and the environment when these systems are repaired or replaced. A simple means of specifying...
19th May 2019
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309 AMARG) at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (Tucson, Arizona, USA), commonly known as “The Boneyard,” is probably one of the strangest airfields in the world. It’s here that the U.S. Air Force, Navy-Marine Corps, Army, Coast Guard, and several federal agencies (including NASA) store their obsolete, unwanted,...
16th May 2019
In about 88 AD, a remote Roman legion at the Inchtuthil fortress on the north bank of the Tay River was ordered back to the European mainland. Unable or unwilling to transport nearly a million iron nails with it, the legion dug a pit and buried them. Since iron could be used for weapons, agriculture,...
13th May 2019
ACA and ACRA combined for a joint presentation at the Pan Pacific on South Wharf to investigate the role that chlorides have on reinforcement corrosion and the service life of structures. This event was well attended with just on 50 members attending including many of the industry leaders in the field of durability and corrosion in Victoria.
12th May 2019
Of the many wonderful things that Howard Carter found in the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, a small iron dagger may seem insignificant compared to the numerous gold, silver, and beautifully colored objects that the Egyptian boy king is famous for. But to the corrosionist, this item is remarkable because it just may be the...
9th May 2019
Corrosion, being a reaction between a material and its environment, can be minimised by creating a benign environment rather than looking at expensive materials such as iridium. And, in theory, it is not hard to find a very benign environment—simply head upwards for 100 km or so into space.
7th May 2019
A series of short articles written by Rob Francis | R A Francis Consulting Services | ACA Life Member Rust – to your nontechnical friends and family, is probably thought of as, all you deal with in your work in the corrosion mitigation industry. However, we all know our work involves so much more than...
5th May 2019