Abstract
Because there has been a gradual extension to industries other than the power generation industry of the use of cupronickel alloys containing 10 to 30 percent nickel the author considers it pertinent to provide information on their resistance to corrosives other than cooling waters. This is needed because the alloys' use in heat exchanger tubes in applications where one side is exposed to various corrosives at high temperatures makes their reaction to the product side corrosive as significant as the attack on the water side.
After outlining the basic homogeneous character of the copper-nickel alloys, the author discusses the theoretical aspects of their corrosion characteristics. Tables and figures outline results of certain tests of the alloys under various stresses and exposed to various environments.
Data collected on performance in specific service are then appended, principally in the form of tabulated information, on waters other than salt waters, ammoniacal solutions, brines, alkaline solutions, petroleum products containing hydrogen sulfide, miscellaneous petroleum products, organic compounds, chlorinated solvents, sulfuric acid, halogens and halogen compounds, paper stock suspensions. 19 references, 5 figures, 15 tables.
