CORROSION COMMENTARY

THAT DOMESTIC FIRE. ‘TROPICAL seaside conditions where the air is full of salt will produce corrosion exceeding anything in this country, but apart from that, and on the whole, we seem to be the most corrosive country in the world.’ These were the words of Sir Hugh Beaver when he spoke to the Institution of Civil Engineers on ‘the avoidable waste of materials and resources due to air pollution.’