Selecting an Appropriate Stainless Steel for Your Applications
Multiple environments
Castings
Coastal and marine environments
Deicing salt exposure
Fresh and potable water
Galvanic corrosion
Internal environments
Soil
Swimming pools
Web sites for evaluating site corrosiveness
Multiple environments
Timeless Stainless (click here)
Stainless Steels in Architecture, Building and Construction: Guidelines for Corrosion Protection (click here)
Capabilities and Limitations of Architectural Metals, and Metals for Corrosion Resistance (click here)
Successful Use of Stainless Steel Building Materials (click here)
(SMACNA) Stainless Steel: The Hard, Cold Facts (click here)
Steeled against the elements -- Stainless steel doors can stand up to fire and corrosive environments (click here)
Stainless steel reinforcing as corrosion protection (click
here)
Stainless steel in architecture (click here)
Corrosion resistance of the austenitic chromium-nickel stainless steels in atmospheric environments (click here)
High Performance Stainless Steels (click here)
(Euro-Inox) Stainless Steel Against Corrosion http://www.euro-inox.org
(EuroInox) Handbook of Stainless Steel (Materials and Applications Series, volume 1) http://www.euro-inox.org
(Euro Inox) Self Passivation of Stainless Steel, CD ROM http://www.euro-inox.org
(EuroInox) Design Manual For Structural Stainless Steel, 1994 http://www.euro-inox.org
(SCI) Structural Design of Stainless Steel, 2001, SCI Ref P291 http://www.steel-sci.org
(BSSA) Durability and life expectancy for stainless steels in external environments (No. 104) http://www.bssa.org.uk/index.htm
(BSSA) General principles for selection of stainless steels http://www.bssa.org.uk/index.htm
(BSSA) Selection of stainless steels for building external applications ( No. 102) http://www.bssa.org.uk/index.htm
Castings
Castings Stainless Steel and Nickel-Base
(SCI) Castings in construction http://www.steel-sci.org
Coastal and marine environments
Stainless Steels in Architecture, Building and Construction: Guidelines for Corrosion Protection (click here)
Practical guide to using marine fasteners (click
here)
The resistance of stainless steel, partly embedded in concrete, to corrosion by seawater (click here)
(ASSDA) Coastal Corrosion Technical Bulletin "Stainless Steel Tea Staining" Applications http://www.assda.asn.au/marineapps.html
Deicing salt exposure
Stainless Steels in Architecture, Building and Construction: Guidelines for Corrosion Protection (click here)
Fresh and potable water
Effect of chlorine on common materials in fresh water (click here)
A report on the field corrosion resistance test on stainless steel piping for building service (click here)
Galvanic Corrosion
Stainless Steels in Architecture, Building and Construction: Guidelines for Corrosion Protection (click here)
(BSSA) Bimetallic corrosion risks from contact with galvanised steel or aluminium (No. 143) http://www.bssa.org.uk/index.htm
Internal environments
Stainless steel in swimming pool buildings (click
here)
(BSSA) Selection of stainless steels for building internal applications ( No. 101) http://www.bssa.org.uk/index.htm
(BSSA) Stainless steels for swimming pool building applications - selection, use, and avoidance of SCC http://www.bssa.org.uk/index.htm
Soil
Volume 1: A report on the performance of stainless steel pipe for water supply in underground soil
environments (click here)
Volume 2: A report on the performance of stainless steel pipe for water supply in underground soil
environments (click here)
(EuroInox) Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steels in Soils and in Concrete http://www.euro-inox.org
Swimming Pools
(BSSA) Stainless steels for swimming pool building applications - selection, use, and avoidance of
SCC http://www.bssa.org.uk/index.htm
Stainless steel in swimming pool buildings (click
here)
Web sites for evaluating site corrosiveness
Australian corrosion maps http://www.dbce.csiro.au/research/special/se_asia/harm_conf1/paper_trinidad.pdf
Corrosivity Maps and Pollution Information http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/AtmCorros/CorrMaps.htm
Environment Canada http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/pollution
Environmental Protection Agency (USA) http://www.epa.gov/air/data
Industrial Galvanizers Corporation
http://www.corp.indgalv.com.au/technical/technical.htm
National Climate Data Center http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
National Research Council of Canadahttp://www.nrc.ca/irc/cbd/cbd170e.html
National Weather and Climate Center http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov
Stockholm Environment Institute http://www.sei.se
The World Bank group http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/wdi98
UK Atmospheric Pollution Data http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~brugge/pollute.html
Weatherbase http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/state.php3?c=US&s=&refer=
World Climate http://www.worldclimate.com
