Philadelphia Paper - On the Action of Common Salt and Other Related Crystalline Salts in Wire Drawing
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 5
- File Size:
- 252 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1881
Abstract
When a wire rod of iron or of steel is immersed in a hot solution of common salt, allowed to remain long enough to bring the metal to the temperature of the brine, and withdrawn, the surface of the rod is irregularly covered with a deposit of crystals of salt. These crystals adhere to the cod with great firmnes, in consequence, doubtless, of a thin film of ferric hydrate, which is formed between them and the rod as the water dries off. The rod can now be reduced, by successive passes through a dic or draw-plate, without any
Citation
APA: (1881) Philadelphia Paper - On the Action of Common Salt and Other Related Crystalline Salts in Wire Drawing
MLA: Philadelphia Paper - On the Action of Common Salt and Other Related Crystalline Salts in Wire Drawing. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1881.