CORROSION AT 4500 FOOT DEPTH IN TONGUE-OF-THE-OCEAN

Abstract

The Navy is increasingly involved with the corrosion and deterioration of materials to be used in the exploration of and operation in the deep ocean. A significant part of the corrosion and deterioration can be attributed to the action of microorganisms in the environment. The Naval Applied Science Laboratory has conducted exposures of a variety of metals (and organic materials) in the Tongue-of-the-Ocean at 4500-foot depth. These exposures served a threefold purpose: to provide needed general corrosion data for a variety of metals in the deep ocean; to facilitate acquiring corrosive microorganisms from corrosion products, sediment and water; and to provide corrosion data to be used in judging the reliability of corrosion rates obtained under deep-ocean simulated conditions in the Laboratory. Recommendation is made for the study of deep ocean environmental influences on biological metabolism in relation to corrosion, and for the basic research of these influences on biological metabolism in relation to corrosion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 1966
Accession Number
AD0814148

Entities

People

  • E. Fischer
  • S. Finger

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acids
  • Alloys
  • Aluminum
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Corrosion
  • Deep Oceans
  • Environment
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Microorganisms
  • Oceans
  • Organic Materials
  • Tongue Of The Ocean
  • Water

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Metallurgy
  • Systems Analysis and Design