I have a few basic questions on stainless steel cleaning and descaling -
1. Should trichloroethylene be used to clean stainless steel products?
2. What effect do chlorides have on stainless steel? Can trichloroethylene contribute to chloride stress corrosion cracking?
3. How prevalent is the...
I'm not surprised that stainless steel wire rope has magnetic properties, but I can't explain exactly why. How is wire rope made and what kind of cold working processes does it go through that would give it these slight magnetic properties?
I understand that there are a range of brasses, but is there any criteria that determines an amount of zinc that must be present for the copper alloy to be considered "brass"?
Good ideas. However, I've just found out that they application of this galvanized cable is not new. They've been using the same type of cable without issues for a long time. Even over salt water they have not seen the rust form that quickly. My question is how do I know if the galvanized...
The cable is made of carbon steel. To my knowledge, it was not lubricated beyond the galvanized coating.
The rust seems to be mostly concentrated to the grooves in between the strands.
I have a sample of air craft cable 1/4" (7x19) galvanized that is used to hold boats out of the water (fresh water). It has developed some surface rust after 3-5 days in use and I'm wondering how the material properties will diminish and at what rate. Should the rusted wire rope be replaced...
