ABSTRACT
Aluminium bronzes have excellent resistance to seawater corrosion and have been widely used at normal and elevated temperatures for low and high water velocity conditions. Steam generated from boilers using distilled or mains water has no significant effect on aluminium bronzes at temperatures up to 400 C and possibly much higher. Sulphuric acid is present to a greater or lesser degree in many industrial corrosive solutions and waters, and the ability of aluminium bronze to resist attack by this acid accounts for an appreciable number of its applications. Caney examined in some detail the effect of alloy composition and structure on the corrosion of cast and wrought aluminium bronzes in boiling sulphuric acid under aerated and non-aerated conditions. An interesting instance of the successful application of aluminium bronze in warm moderately strong hydrochloric acid concerns its use as pickling hooks for steel descaling.
