VI.—Account of an Expedition to Greenland in the year 1870
Notwithstanding the very inconsiderable amount of sulphur it contains, this Greenland iron has a remarkable tendency to fall to pieces by the action of the air. The weathering depends on an oxidation, probably produced by a quantity of chlorine contained in the iron, and its great porosity; neverthe...
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1872
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800466033 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800466033 |
| Summary: | Notwithstanding the very inconsiderable amount of sulphur it contains, this Greenland iron has a remarkable tendency to fall to pieces by the action of the air. The weathering depends on an oxidation, probably produced by a quantity of chlorine contained in the iron, and its great porosity; nevertheless, some of the phenomena connected with the weathering still appear to me inexplicable. I shall therefore somewhat more fully detail the observations and experiments made towards explaining this very disagreeable circumstance. |
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