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NBS SPECIAL PUBLICATION 396-3 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / National Bureau of Standards NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS The National Bureau of Standards' was established by an act of Congress March 3, 1901. The Bureau's overall goal is to strengthen and advance the Nation's science and technology and facilitate their effective application for public benefit. To this end, the Bureau conducts research and provides: (t) a basis for the Nation's physical measurement system, (2) scientific and technological services for industry and government, (3) a technical basis for equity in trade, and (4) technical services to promote public safety. The Bureau consists of the Institute for Basic Standards, the Institute for Materials Research, the Institute for Applied Technology, the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology, and the Office for Information Programs. 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THE OFFICE FOR INFORMATION PROGRAMS promotes optimum dissemination and accessibility of scientific information generated within NBS and other agencies of the Federal Government; promotes the development of the National Standard Reference Data System and a system of information analysis centers dealing with the broader aspects of the National Measurement System; provides appropriate services to ensure that the NBS staff has optimum accessibility to the scientific information of the world. The Office consists of the following organizational units: Office of Standard Reference Data — Office of Information Activities — Office of Technical Publications — Library — Office of International Relations — Office of International Standards. 1 Headquarters and Laboratories at Gaithersburg. Maryland, unless otherwise noted; mailing address Washington. D.C. 20234. - Located at Boulder. Colorado 80302. Critical Survey of Data Sources: Corrosion of IVIetals Ronald B. Diegle and Walter K. Boyd Battelle Columbus Laboratories Columbus, Ohio 43201 This work was sponsored by the Office of Standard Reference Materials National Bureau of Standards Washington, D.C. 20234 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary James A. Baker, III, Under Secrefary Dr. Betsy Ancker-Johnson, Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler, Acting Director Issued January 1976 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Diegle, Ronald B. Critical Surveys of Data Sources. (NBS Special Publication; 396-3) Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. Supt. of Docs. No.: 13.10:396-3. 1. Corrosion and anti-corrosives—Information services—Direc- tories. 2. Corrosion and anti-corrosives—Bibliography. I. Boyd, Walter K.. joint author. II. Title. III. Series: United States. National Bureau of Standards. Special Publication; 396-3. QC100.U57 No. 396-3 [TA462] 602'.ls [620.1'6'23] 75-34273 National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 396-3 Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 396-3, 38 pages (Jan. 1976) CODEN: XNBSAV U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1976 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Order by SD Catalog No. C13.10:396-3). Price $1.30 (Add 25 percent additional for other than U.S. mailing). Foreword The National Standard Reference Data System was established in 1963 for the purpose of pro- moting the critical evaluation and dissemination of numerical data of the physical sciences. The program is coordinated by the Office of Standard Reference Data of the National Bureau of Standards but involves the efforts of many groups in universities, government laboratories, and private industry. The primary aim of the program is to provide compilations of critically evaluated physical and chemical property data. These tables are published in the Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, in the NSRDS-NBS series of the National Bureau of Standards, and through other appropriate channels; The properties of commercial materials have thus far received rather limited coverage in the NSRDS program. However, many other groups select and compile data on the properties of such ma- terials, using a variety of criteria. Thus, identifying the best data source for a given purpose requires something more detailed than an ordinary bibliographic listing. This series is designed to provide such guides to data covering selected areas of materials and properties. Earlier publications covered Mechanical Properties of Metals (SP 396-1), and Properties of Ceramics (SP-396-2). The present volume covers corrosion of metals. The sources covered in this series are primarily those which emphasize evaluated or selected com- pilations of numerical data, rather than monographs or other reports which are primarily descriptive in nature. Most publications dealing with corrosion necessarily contain a substantial amount of de- scriptive material, so this Survey includes more general rnonographs and similar publications than the earlier ones. However, the most specific and quantitative sources available have been selected. For each of these surveys we have sought assistance from specialists, with emphasis on those involved in the production and use of important commercial materials, and we have been extremely fortunate in obtaining such advice from panels of relevant technical societies. For this survey the Publications Committee of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, which is currently pre- paring a new series of Corrosion Handbooks, the first of which will be entitled "Corrosion Failures and Their Prevention", agreed to serve in this capacity. The assistance of these individuals, listed below, and of NACE is gratefully acknowledged. We would also like to acknowledge the assistance of J. Kruger, NBS, who assisted in the review of the coverage and text. David R. Lide, Jr., Chief Office of Standard Reference Data Publications Committee of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers. W. K. Boyd, Battelle, Columbus, Chairman H. R. Hanson, Exxon Production Research Company, Vice Chairman J. C. Bovankovich, E. I. du Pont deNemours & Company, Inc. H. P. Leckie, Inland Steel Company I. M. Parker, Consultant R. B. Leonard, Cabot Corporation R. W. Staehle, Ohio State University H. P. Godard, Aluminum Corrosion Services M. G. Fontana, Ohio State University A. L. Ericson, Peoples Gas Abstract This survey was undertaken to provide a directory of authoritative sources of information on corrosion of metals. It assesses the scope, assets, and deficiencies of about thirty-eight of the most important sources. These include handbooks and technical compilations, information centers, technical societies, and trade associations and institutes. The initial listing of sources to be in- cluded was drafted by the authors and submitted