PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INFORMATION MEETING ON HYDROXIDE AND METAL INTERACTION HELD AT OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY ON NOVEMBER 13 AND 14, 1951

The corrosion of metals by molten hydroxides is discussed, and results of corrosion tests made at several laboratories are compared. Research results are reviewed on NaOH corrosion of metals, static corrosion by molten caustic at 1500 ts F, dynamic corrosion by molten caustic at 1500 ts F, NaOH-NaH systems, corrosion by fused caustic at high temperatures, purification techniques for NaOH, mechanisms of some corrosion reactions, screening tests on metals, alloys, and ceramic materials, and static corrosion by hydroxides. The metallurgical and chemical aspects of interaction between metals and hydroxides are discussed. (C.H.