Excerpt from The Embrittling Action of Sodium Hydroxide on Soft Steel Temperature, concentration, and continuity may, therefore, be important factors. Moreover, the soluble salts remaining in the water from these two particular districts, at least, consist almost entirely of sodium carbonate and hydroxide with only a minimum of sulphate and chloride present. The inhibitive effect or perhaps simply the diluting effect Of larger percentages Of sulphates and chlorides may be a determining feature. It is evident, therefore, that many factors enter into the problem, and it has seemed wise to confine our attention to one factor only with the definite understanding that the immediate Objective has been a contribution to our knowledge Of the embrittling process and the conditions under which it may be brought about. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.