VEHICLE CORROSION CAUSED BY DEICING SALTS, EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF REGULAR VS. INHIBITED SALT ON MOTOR VEHICLES

THE TEST ROADS IN MINNESOTA WERE TREATED WITH SAND, ROCK SALT, AND A COMMERCIAL INHIBITED SALT. THREE AUTOMOBILES WERE REGULARLY DRIVEN ON EACH OF THREE ROADS DURING THREE WINTERS AND TWO SPRING-SUMMER-FALL SEASONS UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLES WERE COMPLETELY DISASSEMBLED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIELD OPERATION TO PERMIT A DETAILED INSPECTION OF ALL PARTS. THESE EVALUATIONS INDICATED THAT UP TO 50% OF VEHICLE CORROSION CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE ACTION OF DEICING SALT AND THAT THE INHIBITOR USED CAN REDUCE CORROSION SOMEWHAT FOR BRIGHT METAL PARTS, BUT IT DOES NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR MAJOR PARTS OF AUTO BODY STEEL. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No APWA-SR-34
• Corporate Authors:

  American Public Works Association

  1313 East 60th Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60637
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 85 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corrosion; Corrosion protection; Deicers (Equipment); Halite; Salts; Sand; Steel structures; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deicers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223826
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 17 1972 12:00AM