Putrid Sea Water as a Corrosive Medium
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- Published by Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) in Corrosion
- Vol. 35 (2) , 79-83
- https://doi.org/10.5006/0010-9312-35.2.79
Abstract
Putrid sea water results from the diagenesis of natural sea water due to the decomposition of plant and animal macroorganisms. The result is a solution of low pH, high sulfide, and high total organic composition which can accelerate corrosion of copper base alloys, particularly when they are subsequently exposed to flowing, clean, aerated sea water.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: