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A Minimum-Impact Method for Measuring Corrosion Rate of Steel-Hulled Shipwrecks in Seawater |
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| Authors: | Matthew A Russell David L Conlin Larry E Murphy Donald L Johnson Brent M Wilson James D Carr |
| Institution: | National Park Service, Submerged Resources Center, 2968 Rodeo Park Drive West, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA; Metallurgical Engineering Group, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 104 N. Walter Scott Engineering Center, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 635 HaH, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA |
| Abstract: | Current research on USS Arizona is focused on a minimum-impact technique for calculating corrosion rate of the battleship's steel hull by analysing physical and chemical properties of marine encrustation covering the exposed hull. An equation is derived that allows concretion thickness, density, and total iron content to be used to calculate corrosion rate of steel hull plate. © 2006 The Authors |
| Keywords: | USS Arizona steel corrosion battleship concretion marine encrustation |