Corrosion problems in the chemical industry (Part 2)

This article, the first part of which was published in the September issue of ANTI‐CORROSION, is based on a lecture given by the author to the North‐ Eastern Branch of the Institution of Corrosion Technology on 14 February 1967. Mr. Banfield, who is Corrosion and Materials officer in the Laporte Group of companies, concluded the first part of his article with the example of a stainless steel dished end which was suffering from inter‐granular corrosion. The function of titanium stabiliser in austenitic steel was then discussed ; this discussion now being concluded in the opening paragraphs of this second part of the article.