Results of laboratory tests are given on a compound designed to protect galvanized steel wire mine hoist rope. In a preliminary screening test it was learned that a combination of a road-construction asphalt, zinc chromate and trichlorethylene gave better results than a number of compounds presently used for wire rope protection.

A second series of tests on zinc coated wire from mine hoist rope, using various proportions of asphalt, zinc chromate and trichlorethylene, showed that coatings having an asphalt to zinc chromate ratio of about 1:1 gave best results. The asphalt-zinc chromate-trichlorethylene coating is recommended for both used and unused ropes. 5.3.4, 8.10.3

Subject
Chemical compounds, Zinc rich coatings, Immersion tests, Coatings, Pigments, Asphalt, Wiring, Mixtures, Sodium chloride solution, Mining, Corrosion protection, Corrosion resistance, Zinc
© 1961 National Association of Corrosion Engineers
1961
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