Zirconium passes the acid test.(SULPHURIC ACID PICKLING)

From: Sulphur | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Sparkowich, Steve | Copyright information

Zirconium has proven its outstanding corrosion resistance performance in a wide variety of sulphuric acid steel pickling conditions. Steve Sparkowich, Corrosion Laboratory Manager at ATI Wah Chang, discusses the advantages of zirconium over other metals and reports on the successful use of zirconium heat exchangers in acid recovery systems.

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