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  Corrosion Prevention

  Corrosion Electrochemistry: The 6 Electrochemical Reactions Involved in Corrosion

  Corrosion is an electrochemical method by which materials are deteriorated. In many cases—and especially when liquids are present—it involves chemistry...

  By: Alan Kehr | Managing Consultant, Alan Kehr Anti-Corrosion, LLC

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  Everything You Wanted to Know About Rhodium: A Platinum Metal Rarity

  The word “rhodium” originates from the Greek word “rhodon,” which represents the lovely “rose.” When the metal was discovered, the...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Substances

  An Overview of Alkyd Resins

  Editor's Note:The following is an excerpt from Kenneth B. Tator's Alkyd Resins article featured in ASM Handbook, Volume 5B: Protective Organic Coatings. The full...

  By: Kenneth B. Tator, P.E | Chairman of the Board, KTA-Tator,

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  The Best Process for Distilling Waste Solvents

  Over time companies that produce corrosion resistant products may accumulate a large volume of waste solvent each year, such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, isopropyl...

  By: Mike Lawson | President & CEO, Persyst Enterprises, Inc.

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  Corrosion

  Identifying and Preventing Hydrogen Blistering and Embrittlement

  The term "hydrogen damage" refers to the mechanical damage of metal caused by interaction with or the presence of hydrogen. Atomic hydrogen has a radius of 1.1...

  By: Alan Kehr | Managing Consultant, Alan Kehr Anti-Corrosion, LLC

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  The Corrosion Properties of Aluminum and Its Alloys

  Aluminum and aluminum alloys have seen widespread use in almost all industrial applications over the past 100 years, with its usage second only to that of steel. The...

  By: Nemanja Pavlovic