Faced with the task of optimizing a given environment-material system, the user of this work will find answers to the following questions:
- Is there information available on the behavior of the material under consideration in a particular medium?
- Which materials are out of question for the proposed purpose?
- Which materials can be used without hesitation in the medium concerned?
- What are the conditions under which a less resistant, less costly material will give satisfactory service?
- Which material offers best performance for value under the given circumstances?
- What protective measures exist: inhibitors, coatings, cathodic protection, etc.?
The influence of chlorinated hydrocarbons-chloromethanes on some 1250 materials, the effect of chlorinated hydrocarbons-chloroethanes on some 1200 materials and of alkanols on some 250 materials constitute the
contents of this eighth volume. Unrivaled in the research and evaluation of the international pertinent literature, more than 1000 references to primary sources, 100 figures and 230 tables arranged by agents/environment
represent the most detailed corrosion data available.