Why Power Companies Should Promote Corrosion Control^⋆

Utility management is asked if it can afford to ignore its responsibility to promote corrosion control on its own systems in view of the extensive damage corrosion causes to iron, steel, lead cable and galvanized duct exposed to water. Engineering methods of minimizing corrosion damage are reviewed, with frequent examples of the varying corrosion problems found among utilities. References to discussions of various kinds of corrosion and the methods used to combat it in electric power, steam generating and other utility plants are given.