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The Corrosion of Metals

The Corrosion of Metals WHEN the use of metals in the construction of the more important parts of aircraft of the heavierthanair type superseded the use of timber, a large number of practical problems were encountered, as might reasonably be expected. The reasons for the popularity of metal structures are readily appreciated by those who have had experience of wooden structures. An important property in any material employed in aircraft construction is that of permanence. So far as materials employed in marine aircraft are concerned, the task of supplying alloys to give the desired degree of permanence, together with the necessary mechanical properties, is not by any means an easy one. The corrosionresistance, in particular, is a property vitally affecting the suitability of a particular metal or alloy for use in marine aircraft. Most industrial metals corrodei.e., enter into chemical reactions, the result of which is in effect the conversion of some of their mass into nonmetallic matteron exposure to a normal inland atmosphere, and as a rule the rate of corrosion is much greater in marine atmospheres or in contact with sea water. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Emerald Publishing

The Corrosion of Metals

Sutton, H.
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology , Volume 2 (8): 2 – Aug 1, 1930
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Emerald Publishing
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0002-2667
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10.1108/eb029303
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Abstract

WHEN the use of metals in the construction of the more important parts of aircraft of the heavierthanair type superseded the use of timber, a large number of practical problems were encountered, as might reasonably be expected. The reasons for the popularity of metal structures are readily appreciated by those who have had experience of wooden structures. An important property in any material employed in aircraft construction is that of permanence. So far as materials employed in marine aircraft are concerned, the task of supplying alloys to give the desired degree of permanence, together with the necessary mechanical properties, is not by any means an easy one. The corrosionresistance, in particular, is a property vitally affecting the suitability of a particular metal or alloy for use in marine aircraft. Most industrial metals corrodei.e., enter into chemical reactions, the result of which is in effect the conversion of some of their mass into nonmetallic matteron exposure to a normal inland atmosphere, and as a rule the rate of corrosion is much greater in marine atmospheres or in contact with sea water.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology – Emerald Publishing

Published: Aug 1, 1930

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