Iron corrosion : anti-fouling and anti-corrosive paints (1900)
Andés, Louis Edgar, 1848-1925 · London : Scott, Greenwood & Son ; New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 49
of others still sound ; but, if suitable care be not exercised, the whole of the rivets and screws may become rusted, and then the danger begins. Everybody knows that an invisible crack is often sufficient, if filled with water and then frozen, to cause a large stone to split asunder, and a similar… … Fig. 22 (magnified). — Rust produced on rolled iron plate by fourteen days' exposure to atmospheric influences. rivet is entirely eaten away with rust, and thus loses its hold and power of binding the parts together. If, now, the same thing happens in a large number of the rivets, then the…
Iron · Corrosion and anti-corrosives · Paint, Antifouling
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