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Volume 26, Issue 5
1 May 1979
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Anti-Corrosion Manual
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Review Article| May 01 1979

Corrosion of metals in the construction industry

John Figg
John Figg
Head of Chemical Dept., Harry Stanger Ltd.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2977-7003
Print ISSN: 0066-4731
© MCB UP Limited
1979
Anti-Corrosion Manual (1979) 26 (5): 11–15.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb007098

Summary Despite the enormous amount of research into corrosion in the Construction Industry losses up to £546m p.a. occur due to corrosion of metals. This paper introduces some of the causes of poor durability and some methods of protecting metals in buildings.

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