Abstract
The author, reviewing 45 years of experience in the UK, considers that the increase during that time in specialised research and teaching in corrosion science has not produced its maximum possible benefit to corrosion prevention in practice, and that application of economic cures for corrosion troubles is both more necessary and more difficult than explanation of their cause. He suggests that teaching, research, and the activities of scientific and technical societies should now be aimed more at diffusion of directly useful information to users of metal, at the development of improved inspection and test methods and the provision of useful specifications and codes of practice.
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