Author

Philip A. Schweitzer is a consultant in corrosion prevention, materials of

construction, and chemical engineering based in York, Pennsylvania. A

former contract manager and material specialist for Chem-Pro Corporation,

Fairfield, New Jersey, he is the editor of the Corrosion Engineering Handbook

and the Corrosion and Corrosion Protection Handbook, Second Edition; and the

author of Corrosion Resistance Tables, Fifth Edition; Encyclopedia of Corrosion

Technology, Second Edition; Metallic Materials; Corrosion Resistant Linings and

Coatings; Atmospheric Degradation and Corrosion Control; What Every Engineer

Should Know About Corrosion; Corrosion Resistance of Elastomers; Corrosion

Resistant Piping Systems; Mechanical and Corrosion Resistant Properties of

Plastics and Elastomers (all titles Marcel Dekker, Inc.), and Paint and Coatings,

Applications and Corrosion Resistance (Taylor & Francis). Schweitzer received

the BChE degree (1950) from Polytechnic University (formerly Polytechnic

Institute of Brooklyn), Brooklyn, New York.