Title: Effects of sulfur dioxide and acid precipitation on metals and anti-rust painted steel
Abstract: The corrosion rate of several metals and painted surfaces is significantly higher in polluted urban atmospheres than in rural atmospheres, and this is chiefly ascribed to the sulfur pollutants in urban atmospheres. The influence of absorption of sulfur dioxide, impaction of acid sulfate particles and of acid rain is reviewed. Economically serious atmospheric corrosion is restricted to the vicinity of sources of pollution, i.e., mainly to large, built-up areas. The annual corrosion costs ascribable to elevated concentrations of sulfur pollutants have been estimated in the USA and in Sweden to be US $7.10 and $5.30 per person and year, respectively.
Publication Year: 1976
Publication Date: 1976-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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