CORROSION TEST OF GASOLINE SAFETY CANS

Abstract

This project covers the exposure of six different flammable liquid containers to a 240-hour salt spray environment. Five of the containers were fabricated of steel with various protective coatings including terne-plate, hot tin dipped and galvanized. One container was fabricated of stainless steel with no protective coating. The purpose of this project was to determine the relative corrosion resistance of these containers in such an environment. The test results confirmed theory in that the stainless steel was most resistive; the galvanized coating protected the base metal with an associated calcareous deposit on the coating; the base metal corroded wherever breaks existed in the terne-plate and hot tin dipped coatings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 18, 1965
Accession Number
AD0456964

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Metal
  • Chromium Compounds
  • Coast Guard
  • Coatings
  • Containers
  • Corrosion
  • Corrosion Resistance
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Government Procurement
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Protective Coatings
  • Resistance
  • Stainless Steel
  • Steel

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.