Hexavalent chromium compounds are a key ingredient in coatings used to rust-proof steel. They also happen to be carcinogenic. Researchers, therefore, have been looking for non-toxic alternatives that ...

Rusty bolts can turn simple projects into major frustrations. A long-standing DIY technique offers a low-cost way to protect ...

Erin Brockovich made the world conversant with a problem that researchers at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung now hope to solve once and for all. Brockovich’s story is one of poison, big ...

As useful as steel is, its main weakness may be its vulnerability to corrosion. Researchers in Korea have now developed a new alloy coating that boosts steel’s resistance to rust, by adding a simple ...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again-rust sucks! I can't tell you how many times I've shied away from parts or even complete projects because of it. I hate dealing with rotted metal, no qualms ...

Electric fields can mobilize non-ionic particles to coat metal surfaces. Polymer chemists at Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan invented a novel and simple coating process to color metals, ...

For over 50 years, factory assembled cooling towers, evaporative condensers, closed circuit cooling towers, and other evaporative cooling products have been manufactured from hot-dip galvanized steel.