Annotation Emerging from a November 1991 symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona, 19 papers report on advances in developing, testing, and applying engine cooling fluids for automobiles and heavy duty engines. Among the topics are carboxylic acids as corrosion inhibitors in engine coolant, phosphate-molybdate supplements to heavy duty diesel engines, the toxicity and disposal of engine coolants, and the characterization of used engine coolant by statistical analysis. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

This volume consists of 14 manuscripts from the Fifth International Symposium on Engine Coolant Technology sponsored by the American Society for Testing and Materials Committee D15 on Engine Coolants, held in Toronto, Canada, in May 2006. Papers cover advances in system components, experimental testing, uses, and users' experience of automotive and heavy-duty applications. They focus on international coolant development, field testing of additives, recycling, additive compatibility, alternate coolant base technology, extended life oxidation and thermal stability, and new testing methods of cavitation, erosion, and localized corrosion. Contributors are international technical representatives from OEM and engine coolant producers. There is no index.

The use of magnesium alloys is increasing in a range of applications, and their popularity is growing wherever lightweight materials are needed. This book provides a comprehensive account of the corrosion of magnesium alloys. It covers not only the corrosion performances and mechanisms of Mg alloys in conventional environments, such as sodium chloride solutions, but also looks at their corrosion behaviours in special media, like engine coolants and simulated body fluids.Part one covers fundamentals such as the corrosion electrochemistry, activity and passivity of magnesium and its alloys. Part two then considers the metallurgical effect in relation to the corrosion of magnesium alloys, including the role of micro-structure and earth-rare elements, the corrosion behaviour of magnesium-based bulk metallic glasses, and the corrosion of innovative magnesium alloys. Part three goes on to describe environmental influences on the corrosion of magnesium alloys, such as atmospheric corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, creep and fatigue behaviour, and galvanic corrosion. Finally, part four is concerned with various means of protecting magnesium alloys against corrosion through the use of aluminium electrodeposition, conversion and electrophoretic coatings, and anodisation.With its distinguished editor and team of contributors, this book is an invaluable resource for metallurgists, engineers and designers working with magnesium and its alloys, as well as professionals in the aerospace and automotive industries. - Provides a comprehensive account of the corrosion of magnesium alloys covering fundamentals such as the corrosion electrochemistry, activity and passivity - Reviews the metallurgical effect in relation to the corrosion of magnesium alloys, including the role of micro-structure and earth-rare elements - Assesses environmental influences such as atmospheric corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, creep and fatigue behaviour, and galvanic corrosion