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Steel corrodes and rusts in a salt water. You need to replace steel or replace the entire construction after some time.
by vbezhenar 6y ago
Steel corrodes and rusts in a salt water. You need to replace steel or replace the entire construction after some time.
- SiempreViernes 6y agoWe've known of paint for a while.
- AstralStorm 6y agoAnd also of galvanic protection with copper electrodes.
- arethuza 6y agoI can remember watching one of the jackets for the Forties field being towed down the Moray Firth in '74. Still there and working today! https://www.energyvoice.com/opinion/92008/forties-at-40-the-ultimate-north-sea-prize/ https://www.energyvoice.com/opinion/92008/forties-at-40-the-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forties_Oil_Field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forties_Oil_Field
- hadlock 6y agoOnce you get about half an inch to three quarters of an inch, the steel creates an oxide layer that protects the material underneath. You can look at ship wrecks all over the world from a hundred years ago, the steel for the steam boiler is usually the last to go. The steel cables holding up the suspension bridge Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco (87 years old), clouded in fog and arguably one of the harsher saltwater environments (near-constant 20mph winds 8 months out of the year) is still using it's original steel cables, and there are no plans to replace them.