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IN work carried out by the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association on the corrosion of metals by domestic waters, glassware used for sampling water and for carrying out corrosion tests was coated with paraffin wax to prevent pick-up of alkali silicates. Tests carried out in waxed containers, or with water conveyed in them, gave inconsistent and non-reproducible results. It was observed from time to time that the wax coatings of some of the carboys were attacked and gradually disintegrated. In view of our previous experience of bacteria in altering the corrosive properties of waters, the possibility of bacterial action was considered.
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ROGERS, T. Breakdown of Paraffin Wax by Bacteria: A Source of Error in Corrosion Tests. Nature 152, 105–106 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152105b0
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