The potential field of activity for this committee is, obviously very extensive since it is concerned with chemical and process industries. While a wealth of information on the corrosion resistance of materials of construction exists in the, various handbooks and in the publications of numerous technical societies many of the published data are of questionable value for use in the design of equipment because they deal to a large extent with relatively pure chemicals. It was felt that a need exists to augment and clarify the existing data by accumulating information not previously published.
The organization of Technical Practices Committee 5 was undertaken in 1948 under the able leadership of Dr. Mars G. Fontana. The committee was charged with several responsibilities:
Originally, five subcommittees were formed as follows:
Questionnaires were prepared by the several committees and submitted to industries which would be interested. In general, the response to the questionnaires...
