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The influence of water composition on the pitting behaviour of newly developed corrosion resistant steels

Bibliography: pages 96-103. / The mechanisation of the working stapes in South African gold mines has required the introduction of a fundamentally new technology, hydro-power, in which machines are powered hydraulically using mine water fed from above ground. Mine water is aggressive and has a variable acidity and pH, and contains high concentrations of sulphate, chloride and nitrate ions. In order to minimise the pitting corrosion of piping and stoping machinery a compromise between selecting a suitable corrosion resistant material and treating the mine water to an acceptable level of corrosiveness is being sought.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/21134
Date January 1988
CreatorsCotterrell, M H
ContributorsAllen, Colin, Noel, Robert E J
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Centre for Materials Engineering
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster Thesis, Masters, MSc (Eng)
Formatapplication/pdf

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