Corrosion Studies in High Temperature Water By a Hydrogen Effusion Method^⋆

MORTIMER C. BLOOM is Acting Head of the Corrosion Branch, Metallurgy Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C. He received a BS in chemical engineering from MIT in 1922. Six years in the paper and petroleum industries were followed by a return to MIT where he obtained a PhD in physical chemistry and worked as a research associate in crystal chemistry and electrochemistry. In 1949 he joined the Naval Research Laboratory as a consultant after several years of private consulting.

MYER KRULFELD is Acting Head of the High Temperature Aqueous Corrosion Section of the Corrosion Branch, Metallurgy Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C. He received a BS in chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1946) and a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Illinois (1951). He has been with the Metallurgy Division of NRL since 1951.

WILLIAM A. FRASER is a chemist with the Corrosion Branch, Metallurgy Division, Naval Research Laboratory. He received a BS degree from Ohio University in 1949. Prior to joining the Corrosion Branch in 1954 he worked in the Thermochemistry Section of the National Bureau of Standards and the Oxychloride Cement Laboratory of the Dow Chemical Company.

PEPPINO N. VLANNES is a chemist with the Metallurgy Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C. He received a BS in chemistry from Centenary College of Louisiana and an MS in chemistry from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to joining the Metallurgy Division at NRL, Mr. Viennes was associated with the secondary metals recovery program of the Bureau of Mines.