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Rust: The Longest War by Jonathan Waldman
5.0
Excellent book about rust and how much if affects our lives. It is not too technical for a non-scientist/engineer to read, but covers enough technical information that a technical type should still enjoy it. I really enjoyed the historical aspect to each of these rust problems. Rust is the corrosion of iron, the book focuses on rust but also covers aluminum.
The chapters cover:
1) Statue of Liberty
2) History of iron and steel
3) Harry Brearly and story of stainless steel
4) Aluminum cans at the Ball company
5) Story of photographer at closed Bethlehem Steel plant
6) Story of Dan Dunmire and DoD office of corrosion policy
7) Galvanizing steel
8) NACE - National Association of Corrosion Engineers
9) Inspecting ("Pigging") the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)
10)Snake Oil and other corrosion prevention/removal/cleaning household products
Each of the chapters are interesting in their own right. The statue of libery story is a good start to cover how ignorant people can be about corrosion issues. The history is necessary and fascinating to me, but I could see how it might be boring to others. The aluminum can story is interesting and is the most shrouded in trade secrets and questionable health (BPA). The Bethlehem steel plant sounded interesting, but I think I'll need to see some of the pictures to appreciate that chapter. The story of the DoD starts as a head scratcher but becomes encouraging as you realize how much taxpayer money can be saved by this group. The galvanizing and NACE chapters are less interesting. I don't think the technical aspects of galvanizing were made interesting enough. The inspecting of the Alaska pipeline is very exciting, especially as the author follows it along live during the trip and tells the story well.
The chapters cover:
1) Statue of Liberty
2) History of iron and steel
3) Harry Brearly and story of stainless steel
4) Aluminum cans at the Ball company
5) Story of photographer at closed Bethlehem Steel plant
6) Story of Dan Dunmire and DoD office of corrosion policy
7) Galvanizing steel
8) NACE - National Association of Corrosion Engineers
9) Inspecting ("Pigging") the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)
10)Snake Oil and other corrosion prevention/removal/cleaning household products
Each of the chapters are interesting in their own right. The statue of libery story is a good start to cover how ignorant people can be about corrosion issues. The history is necessary and fascinating to me, but I could see how it might be boring to others. The aluminum can story is interesting and is the most shrouded in trade secrets and questionable health (BPA). The Bethlehem steel plant sounded interesting, but I think I'll need to see some of the pictures to appreciate that chapter. The story of the DoD starts as a head scratcher but becomes encouraging as you realize how much taxpayer money can be saved by this group. The galvanizing and NACE chapters are less interesting. I don't think the technical aspects of galvanizing were made interesting enough. The inspecting of the Alaska pipeline is very exciting, especially as the author follows it along live during the trip and tells the story well.