The Harrison Radiator Division of General Motors Corporation has been engaged in the manufacture of heat exchangers for marine service since the 1930’s. The first coolers contained tubes prepared by depositing copper on perforated strips of 20% tin-80% lead in a plating bath. After melting out the tin-lead alloy, the tubes thus formed were dipped in pure tin to seal porosity and improve corrosion resistance. This copper deposited or strut tube, as it was known, was high in cost and had limited corrosion resistance.
Subject
Water,
Materials,
Tubes,
Cooling systems,
Heat exchangers,
Metals,
Maritime,
Corrosion resistance,
Copper,
Zinc,
Nickel,
Casting,
Oil
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1969
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