Corrosion of Tinplate by Foods Packed in Cans: Part 1

Apart from those research workers who are directly connected with the canning industry, the corrosion of cans by their contents has received practically no attention from scientists. The subject might appear at first sight to be of comparatively little interest, but, as will be shown in the following article this month and next, the corrosion phenomena involved are complicated and to a large extent unexplained.