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RefNoPP/17/36
Previous numbersPP/49/40
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'The passive state of iron and steel. Part III' by Thomas Andrews
Date1891
DescriptionAndrews writes: 'The author is not aware that any previous experiments have hitherto been made showing the relative passivity of the various kinds of steel compared with wrought iron, or the influence of the chemical composition and physical structure of such metals on their passive condition in nitric acid. The passive state of iron or steel may have hitherto been regarded by many as a sort of fixed property pertaining to iron and steel alike, when immersed in cold, strong nitric acid. The following experiments were made to investigate if the passivity was of an universally static character, or whether it varied with the chemical composition and general physical structure of the metal and, if so, to what extent.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes one diagram of experimental apparatus.

Subject: Metallurgy

Received 23 April 1891. Read 30 April 1891.

A version of this paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The passive state of iron and steel. Part III'.
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
Diagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0118
RelatedRecordRR/11/4
PP/16/11
PP/17/7
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6955Andrews; Thomas (1847 - 1907)1847 - 1907
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