Anodic Protection

Author : Olen Riggs
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468438727

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Anodic Protection by Olen Riggs Pdf

The objectives of this book are to give technical information about anodic pro tection, explain how economic analyses are made to determine whether or not it should be used, and describe some of the applications and equipment. Lim itations of the technique will be pointed out. Technological changes that have resulted in higher temperatures, pres sures, and velocities increase corrosion rates and markedly influence materials selection and design decisions. Continuous cycle systems impose increased demands on system reliability. New processes require more sophisticated equipment made of costlier metals which are often in short supply and subject to the vagaries of international commerce. The impact of continuing inflation influences decisions related to capital expenditures and maintenance costs. Some problems caused by these considerations can be solved, or solutions simplified, by the use of anodic protection. Technical and scientific information is presented on applications to industrial equipment, economics, design and installation, operation and maintenance, electrochemical principles, laboratory tests and procedures. A historical summary, patent list, glossary of terms, and a subject index are included. It is important to acknowledge that much of the information has been from the original work of others, including the publications of many friends.

Author : Kuppan Thulukkanam
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1142 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 1420026879

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Heat Exchanger Design Handbook by Kuppan Thulukkanam Pdf

"This comprehensive reference covers all the important aspects of heat exchangers (HEs)--their design and modes of operation--and practical, large-scale applications in process, power, petroleum, transport, air conditioning, refrigeration, cryogenics, heat recovery, energy, and other industries. Reflecting the author's extensive practical experienc

Author : Philip A. Schweitzer, P.E.
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0824750446

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Encyclopedia Of Corrosion Technology by Philip A. Schweitzer, P.E. Pdf

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Author : E. McCafferty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781441904546

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Introduction to Corrosion Science by E. McCafferty Pdf

This textbook is intended for a one-semester course in corrosion science at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. The approach is that of a physical chemist or materials scientist, and the text is geared toward students of chemistry, materials science, and engineering. This textbook should also be useful to practicing corrosion engineers or materials engineers who wish to enhance their understanding of the fundamental principles of corrosion science. It is assumed that the student or reader does not have a background in electrochemistry. However, the student or reader should have taken at least an undergraduate course in materials science or physical chemistry. More material is presented in the textbook than can be covered in a one-semester course, so the book is intended for both the classroom and as a source book for further use. This book grew out of classroom lectures which the author presented between 1982 and the present while a professorial lecturer at George Washington University, Washington, DC, where he organized and taught a graduate course on “Environmental Effects on Materials.” Additional material has been provided by over 30 years of experience in corrosion research, largely at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC and also at the Bethlehem Steel Company, Bethlehem, PA and as a Robert A. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas. The text emphasizes basic principles of corrosion science which underpin extensions to practice.

Author : John J. McKetta Jr
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0824724623

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Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design by John J. McKetta Jr Pdf

"Written by engineers for engineers (with over 150 International Editorial Advisory Board members),this highly lauded resource provides up-to-the-minute information on the chemical processes, methods, practices, products, and standards in the chemical, and related, industries. "

Author : S. Bradford
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781468488456

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Corrosion Control by S. Bradford Pdf

Human beings undoubtedly became aware of corrosion just after they made their first metals. These people probably began to control corrosion very so on after that by trying to keep metal away from corrosive environments. "Bring your tools in out of the rain" and "Clean the blood off your sword right after battle" would have been early maxims. Now that the mechanisms of corrosion are better understood, more techniques have been developed to control it. My corrosion experience extends over 10 years in industry and research and over 20 years teaching corrosion courses to university engineering students and industrial consulting. During that time I have developed an approach to corrosion that has successfully trained over 1500 engineers. This book treats corrosion and high-temperature oxidation separately. Corrosion is divided into three groups: (1) chemical dissolution including uniform attack, (2) electrochemical corrosion from either metallurgicalor environmental cells, and (3) corrosive-mechanical interactions. It seems more logical to group corrosion according to mechanisms than to arbitrarily separate them into 8 or 20 different types of corrosion as if they were unrelated. University students and industry personnel alike generally are afraid of chemistry and consequently approach corrosion theory very hesitantly. In this text the electrochemical reactions responsible for corrosion are summed up in only five simple half-cell reactions. When these are combined on a polarization diagram, which is explained in detail, the electrochemical pro cesses become obvious.

Author : Volkan Cicek
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118720752

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Corrosion Engineering by Volkan Cicek Pdf

Corrosion costs billions of dollars to each and every single economy in the world. Corrosion is a chemical process, and it is crucial to understand the dynamics from a chemical perspective before proceeding with analyses, designs and solutions from an engineering aspect. The opposite is also true in the sense that scientists should take into consideration the contemporary aspects of the issue as it relates to the daily life before proceeding with specifically designed theoretical solutions. Corrosion Engineering is advised to both theoreticians and practitioners of corrosion alike. Corrosion engineering is a joint discipline associated primarily with major engineering sciences such as chemical engineering, civil engineering, petroleum engineering, mechanical engineering, metallurgical engineering, mining engineering among others and major fundamental sciences such as sub-disciplines of physical, inorganic and analytical chemistry as well as physics and biology, such as electrochemistry, surface chemistry, surface physics, solution chemistry, solid state chemistry and solid state physics, microbiology, and others. Corrosion Engineering is a must-have reference book for the engineer in the field that covers the corrosion process with its contemporary aspects with respect to both of its scientific and engineering aspects. It is also a valuable textbook that could be used in an engineering or scientific course on corrosion at the university level.

Author : N. D. Tomashov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468417289

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Passivity and Protection of Metals Against Corrosion by N. D. Tomashov Pdf

Considerable progress has been made in the past 20 years toward understanding the basic mechanisms of corrosion, and the application of this knowledge to its control. From the very beginning, educational institutions and industrial research laboratories have contributed greatly toward determining and elucidating the fundamental principles of corrosion reactions. Some of the basic principles involved in cor rosion of metals can be credited to early investigators. Michael Faraday in 1830-1840 studied the relationship between the quantity of a metal dissolved and the electric current which was produced by this reaction. He also proposed that the passivation of iron was through the formation of a film and that the dissolution of a metal was electro chemical in nature. Sir Humphrey Davy in 1824 worked out the funda mentals of galvanic corrosion of ships' hulls and applied sacrificial zinc anodes to protect them from sea water corrosion. Richard Arlie in 1847 demonstrated that corrosion produced by oxygen at the surface of iron in a flowing stream generated a current. With the fundamental knowledge available to him from these early investigators, Willis Rodney Whitney developed and expressed, in its most useful form, one of the basic scientific principles which provides modern corrosion specialists with a fundamental basis of corrosion control. Dr. Whitney concluded that corrosion of iron is electrochemical, and that the rate is simply a function of the electromotive force and resistance of the circuit.

Author : Christopher G. Morris,Academic Press
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 2488 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992-08-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0122004000

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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology by Christopher G. Morris,Academic Press Pdf

A Dictonary of Science and Technology. Color Illustration Section. Symbols and Units. Fundamental Physical Constants. Measurement Conversion. Periodic Table of the Elements. Atomic Weights. Particles. The Solar System. Geologial Timetable. Five-Kingdom Classification of Organisms. Chronology of Modern Science. Photo Credits.

Author : Dr. R L Madan
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789358706086

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Engineering Chemistry : For the Students of Sethu Institute of Technology (SIT), Virudhunagar by Dr. R L Madan Pdf

This book has been written as per the syllabus prescribed by Sethu Institute of Technology (SIT), Virudhunagar for the First Semester of Engineering Chemistry students. The book has been developed in view of the recent development of the subject. The book covers important topics such as Ionic and Electrovalent Bond, Covalent Bond, Variable Valency, Coordinate or Dative Bond, Complex Ions, Chemical Equation, Chemical Reactions, Mathematical Representation, Concept of pH Scale, Rate of Reaction or Reaction Velocity, Factors Influencing the Reaction Rate, Rate Law (or Rate Equation) and Rate Constant, Measurement of Rate of Reaction, Order of a Reaction, Pseudo-Order Reactions, Methods for Determination of Order of a Reaction, Effect of Water on Rocks and Minerals, Types and Effects of Impurities Present in Water, Methods of Treatment of Water for Domestic & Industrial Purpose, Nernst Theory, Standard Electrode Potentials, Galvanic Series, Reversible Cells, Polarization, How to Prevent Corrosion, Electroplating etc. have been explained in lucid manner. The book is sincerely offered to students and teaching fraternities associated with engineering chemistry from various engineering and technological institutions all over the country.

Author : Douglas K. Louie
Publisher : DKL Engineering, Inc.
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sulfuric acid
ISBN : 9780973899207

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Handbook of Sulphuric Acid Manufacturing by Douglas K. Louie Pdf

Author : Kiran R. Golwalkar,Rashmi Kumar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030965815

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Practical Guidelines for the Chemical Industry by Kiran R. Golwalkar,Rashmi Kumar Pdf

This book provides practical guidelines to chemical engineers, plant managers, maintenance engineers, and senior managements in modern chemical processing facilities. It provides guidelines to the readers for operational competencies such as hazard identification (HAZID), hazard operability studies (HAZOP), avoiding mistakes in plant facilities to ensure safety, compliance with various statutory rules and regulations; and management of human resources through improved working conditions, provision of safety equipment etc. It further presents technical information on pressure vessels, design of piping and selection of pumping systems, materials for construction and lining of process units operating at high temperature and corrosive conditions, and criteria for selection of different methods for heating of process units. In addition to its application to existing operations, the book includes information on expansion, diversification, and modernization of facilities and guidelines for revival of old and idle plants. Finally, the authors discuss various safety issues, controlling cost of production, and sustainability topics such as planning and implementing co-generation of steam and power, environmental pollution control for chemical plants and safe disposal of hazardous wastes.

Author : Yongchang Huang,Jianqi Zhang
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783110382952

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Materials Corrosion and Protection by Yongchang Huang,Jianqi Zhang Pdf

This book introduces corrosion mechanisms and protection technologies for metallic and non-metallic materials. A focus lies on the protection of high-tech materials with applications in space and environments exposed to unclear radiation and biological hazards. The determination, measurement and control of different corrosion mechanisms are discussed in detail. Combining theories with case studies, it is an essential reference for material scientists and engineers.

Author : A.K. Pahari,B.S. Chauhan
Publisher : Laxmi Publications
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05
Category : Chemical engineering
ISBN : 8170089565

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Engineering Chemistry by A.K. Pahari,B.S. Chauhan Pdf

Author : François Cardarelli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 2254 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319389257

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Materials Handbook by François Cardarelli Pdf

The unique and practical Materials Handbook (third edition) provides quick and easy access to the physical and chemical properties of very many classes of materials. Its coverage has been expanded to include whole new families of materials such as minor metals, ferroalloys, nuclear materials, food, natural oils, fats, resins, and waxes. Many of the existing families—notably the metals, gases, liquids, minerals, rocks, soils, polymers, and fuels—are broadened and refined with new material and up-to-date information. Several of the larger tables of data are expanded and new ones added. Particular emphasis is placed on the properties of common industrial materials in each class. After a chapter introducing some general properties of materials, each of twenty-four classes of materials receives attention in its own chapter. The health and safety issues connected with the use and handling of industrial materials are included. Detailed appendices provide additional information on subjects as diverse as crystallography, spectroscopy, thermochemical data, analytical chemistry, corrosion resistance, and economic data for industrial and hazardous materials. Specific further reading sections and a general bibliography round out this comprehensive guide. The index and tabular format of the book makes light work of extracting what the reader needs to know from the wealth of factual information within these covers. Dr. François Cardarelli has spent many years compiling and editing materials data. His professional expertise and experience combine to make this handbook an indispensable reference tool for scientists and engineers working in numerous fields ranging from chemical to nuclear engineering. Particular emphasis is placed on the properties of common industrial materials in each class. After a chapter introducing some general properties of materials, materials are classified as follows. ferrous metals and their alloys; ferroalloys; common nonferrous metals; less common metals; minor metals; semiconductors and superconductors; magnetic materials; insulators and dielectrics; miscellaneous electrical materials; ceramics, refractories and glasses; polymers and elastomers; minerals, ores and gemstones; rocks and meteorites; soils and fertilizers; construction materials; timbers and woods; fuels, propellants and explosives; composite materials; gases; liquids; food, oils, resin and waxes; nuclear materials. food materials