Table of Contents

Part 1 General Considerations: Subject Range * Materials and Techniques Considered - General Galvanizing * Types of Corrosion * How Zinc Can Protect Steel * Corrosion Tests and Their Significance * Other Relevant Properties of Zinc * Practical Experience - Case Histories. Part 2 Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance: Influence of Atmospheric Variables * Corrosion Data by Location * Corrosion Data by Alloy * Comparative Performance * Case Histories. Part 3 Aqueous Corrosion Resistance: Influence of Types of Water * Case Histories. Part 4 Soil Corrosion Resistance: Influence of Types of Soil * Corrosion Data * Zinc Anodes in Soil * Reinforced Earth * Case Histories. Part 5 Chemicals, Building Materials, etc: Cleaning of Zinc Surfaces * Inorganic Chemicals * Organic Chemicals and Fuels * Concrete, Cement and Plasters * Bitumen * Other Building Materials. Building Materials, Etc. * General * Cleaning of Zinc Surfaces * Inorganic Chemicals * Organic Chemicals and Fuels * Concrete, Cement, and Plasters * Bitumen * Other Building Materials.

About the Author

Frank C. Porter

Reviews

". . .provides the best guide to the subject available anywhere. "
---Chemistry & Industry
"Information is presented in tabular or graphic form where appropriate, together with details of exposure conditions and metal compositions, so that the effects of variables can be compared. "
---Metal Bulletin Monthly
". . .an encyclopedia of zinc and zinc alloys. "
---Bulletin of Electrochemistry