Ox 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 solution of common salt, allowed to remain long enough to bring the metal to the temperature of the brine, and withdrawn, the surface of the rod is irregularly covered with a deposit of crystals of salt.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 firmness, in consequence, doubtless, of a thin film of ferric hydrate, which is formed between them and the rod as the water dries tiff. The rod can now be re¬duced, by successive passes through a dic or draw-plate, without any
Citation
APA: (1881) Ox The Action of Common Salt and Other Related Crystalline Salts in Wire-Drawing
MLA: Ox The Action of Common Salt and Other Related Crystalline Salts in Wire-Drawing. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1881.