Wear -
Elsevier Sequoia S.A., Lausanne - Printed in the Netherlands
227
Book Reviews Corrosion and its Prevedion
in Motor Vehicles. Proc. Inst. Med.
Engrs. 182, Pt. 35
(1967-68) ; 156 pages plus illus. ; price: .jZ6. The book contains the full text of all the papers and a record of the discussion at a Symposium arranged by the Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in association with The British Joint Corrosion Group. Since the advent of the motor car, the problem of corrosion has been a constant cause for concern for both the manufacturer and the car woner. Much research work has been carried out in the field by the motor industry, Ministry of Technology and University laboratories. The Symposium was arranged to discuss the progress and findings of these research bodies. It was hoped that free interchange of ideas and knowledge would clarify the practical problems besetting the industry and help in the direction of further researches. The introductory paper concludes chemical
processes
of corrosion,
that the fundamental
although
complex
in detail,
chemical and electroare in broad
outline
simple, and well understood by those who study them. The fundamental principles of protection from corrosion and of its avoidance are perhaps even simpler but cannot the always be followed in practical situations. The specialised papers exemplify general principles in particular cases and many of them emphasise, quite rightly, that the degree of protection sought must depend not only on technical excellence but on cost and even fashion besides the expectation of mechanical life of the car. Contents : Introductory Address: Fundamentals of corrosion and protection (T. P. Hoar) Anti-corrosion measures in Rolls-Royce cars (A. J. Bee) (Paper II) How corrosion is combated in practice (R. J. Brown) (Paper Z) Corrosion problems in motor vehicles (F. Enrico, I. Ferraro, A. Marciante T. Natale) (Paper 8) Service corrosion trials with test panels on vehicles
and
(J. Nixon, R. J. Love and A. T.
Weare) (Paper 6) Experience with aluminium alloys for exterior trim (H. M. Bigford and R. W. Thomas) (Paper 10) The use of zinc coated steels to prevent body corrosion (F. C. Porter and G. K. Walden) (Paper 13) The paint film as a corrosion barrier (W. G. Page) (Paper IS) Contribution of water soluble organic coatings to the prevention
of corrosion
in
automobiles (B. M. Letsky) (Paper 12) Investigations of motor car corrosion in Finland (P. Asanti) (Paper 9) Experience in corrosion control (S. Heslop) (Paper 5) Analysis and control of automobile body corrosion (R. S. Wiegand and R. E. Schrock) (Paper 14) Corrosion prevention in automotive vehicle bodies (W. A. Higgins) (Paper 3) An accelerated track test for corrosion of vehicles (R. J. Murchie) (Paper 16) Wear, 13 (1969) 227-228
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Corrosion in the motor vehicle braking system Effect of environment on bearing perforrrmnce Corrosion inhibitors as additives to highway 13islq> and D. E. Steed}
(Paper
(H. 13.Hcnd~~x~n)
(I’;tp~ 7~ (I>. Scott) (I’al>er 4)
dt-icing
salts---laborrttory
tests
(Ii. JC.
I)
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Notes on Contributors MARGHERITA CLBRICO : obtained her doctor’s degree in physics at the University of Turin in 1962 ; since rgG3 she has worked at the Istituto di Costruzione di Macchinc of the Politecnico in Turin, mainly in the field of the mechanical behaviour of plastic materials (wear, fatigue, creep).
jsecp. 18jj Ii. G. COPE: received B.Sc. (Metallurgy) (1953) and Ph.D. (195j) degrees at the Royal School of Mining and Metallurgy, Imperial College, London; after working on the constitution and properties of plutonium alloys at A.W.R.E., Aldermaston, joined International Nickel Company, Acton, to work on the powder metallurgy of ruthenium and iridium; joined the Glacier Metal Company, Kilmarnock, for work on the powder metallurgy of copper-based bearing alloys and then Frigistor Laboratories, Langley, for work on the effects of powder metallurgical processes on the thcrmoelectric properties of bismuth telluridc based alloys and the solid-state thermal switching in silver sulphide and vanadium dioxide; is at present Head of the Coin Metallurgy/Security Features Department of the Research Division of Thomas De 1-s Rut International Limited.
GEORGE 1%. JIRGAL: born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.:\.; received a B.A. in philosophy from St. Mary’s Seminary; after undergraduate study in physics at various universities. rcccived M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Illinois institute of Technology for a study of the influence of .X-ray irradiation upon friction of alkali halides: since graduation, has taught physics and conducted a ,soc p. 1631 modest research program at Kansas State College of Pittsburg.
THOMAS 0. MULHEARN: graduate of the University of Sydney; except for a year spent at the Gvendish Laboratory, Cambridge, has worked at Defence Standards Laboratorios, Sydney, for approximately ten years on problems associated with deformation of metallic surfaces by coil!Sce 1,. 175 centrated loads.
G. W. PATTERSON: graduate of the University of Durham, England; in 1966, after 3 years at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, obtained the position of Scientific Officer at Defcnce Standards Laboratories, Sydney, Australia; research interests are the abrasion of metals /SW p 17.5.; and electron microscopy.
J. II. WHITE: graduated in physics at Imperial College, London in 1964, and gained a doctorate in 1968 for research on graphitization of evaporated carbon, conducted in thechemical Engineering Department of Imperial College; worked in the carbon physics group of Morganite CarbonLimited, Battersea, London, (1967-a), before becoming a Research Associate in the Biophysics Department of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, where he continues to develop his interests in evaporated carbon and electron microscopy and diffraction. LSee p. 1451
I,. ZELLNIER: received a B.A. in physics in 1967 from Kansas State College; was granted a M.A. the following year from the same institution : is currently an instructor of physics at [Seep. x63] Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri. DARWIN
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