At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

Near the British village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, history lay hidden beneath the soil—muddy and forgotten for 2,000 ...

The collection, which dates to the first century C.E., includes items ranging from elaborately decorated horse harnesses to ornate cauldrons ...

Forty years on, and the bad old times when iron rusted are giving way to the new age of rustless alloys, official committees of investigation, some understanding of the problem, and a considerable ...

THE eighteenth report of the Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers on the Deterioration of Structures of Timber, Metal and Concrete exposed to the Action of Sea Water contains the final ...

Having had some inquiries made of us respecting the amount of corrosion which iron undergoes in water, we present the following remarks of Mr, Adie, of Liverpool, Eng,, which were read sometime ...

In this experiment, one iron nail is wrapped in magnesium, another in copper and one left alone. The nail wrapped in magnesium is not corroded. There is slight corrosion on the normal nail and ...

Galvanisation is the process of zinc-plating other metals to protect them from corrosion. Metal sculptures are shown being cleaned in an acid bath then dipped in a bath of molten zinc. This forms ...

These are signs the iron worm has been hard at work: rust. Otherwise fine cars are routinely sent to early graves because they become rusty cars, even though it’s a largely avoidable problem.