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1. REPORT NUMBER 



TR-8 34 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



DN 244098 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



CORROSION OF METALS AND ALLOYS IN THE 

 DEEP OCEAN 



5. TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Final; Oct 1961 to Jun 1974 



6- PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfsJ 



F. M. Reinhart 



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9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Civil Engineering Laboratory 



Naval Construction Battalion Center 



Port Hueneme, California 93043 



10. PROGRAM ELEMENT. PROJECT. TASK 

 AREA & WORK UNIT NUMBERS 



62759N; YF53. 535.005.01.013 



II. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

 Alexandria, Virginia 22332 



12. REPORT DATE 



February 1976 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



265 



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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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Corrosion, seawater, deep ocean, steels, cast irons, stainless steels, copper, nickel, aluminum, 

 titanium, miscellaneous alloys and wire ropes, effects of duration, depth and oxygen 

 concentration, stress corrosion. 



Between 1960 and 1970, about 20,000 specimens of 475 alloys were exposed in the 

 seawater in the Pacific Ocean in order to conduct a program on the effects of deep-ocean 

 environments on materials. The test specimens included steels, cast irons, stainless steels, 

 copper, nickel, aluminum, titanium, miscellaneous alloys, and wire ropes. They were exposed 

 at the surface and at nominal depths of 2,500 and 6,000 feet for periods of time varying 



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