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Corrosion of Well Points and Piping in Domestic Water Near AEC Plant a
Author(s) -
Hoxie E. C.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1964.tb01773.x
Subject(s) - piping , corrosion , oxygen , metallurgy , carbon dioxide , environmental science , materials science , environmental engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
ABSTRACT Describes investigation made to determine cause of excessive corrosion of construction materials of wells supplying domestic water to communities bordering atomic energy plant in South Carolina. Corrosion resulted from natural corrosiveness of soft water with high carbon dioxide and oxygen contents. No effect from atomic energy plant was indicated.