Crystal Growths and the Corrosion of Iron

Abstract

THE effect of climate on the corrosion of iron has been the subject of many studies. Hudson1 and more recently Copson2 have summarized studies on the rate of corrosion of ingot iron in dry and moist climates and in industrial and marine atmospheres. Ingot iron in the dry atmosphere of Khartoum, Egypt, corroded at a rate of 28 millionths of an inch a year while a specimen in the wet country atmosphere of Llanwrtyd Wells, England, corroded at a rate of 1888 millionths of an inch a year.