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The processes of corrosion and control which have to be considered in the manufacture of the motor car.
Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Module code and title: S342, Physical chemistry: principles of chemical change
Item code: S342; 07
First transmission date: 31-08-1985
Published: 1985
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Duration: 00:25:00
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Producer: Hendrik Ball
Contributors: Keith Bolton; Peter Wilson
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Austin Metro; C.A.D.; Design; Galvanic series; Gaydon Proving Ground; Longbridge assembly line; Manufacture; Rust; Swindon
Subject terms: Corrosion and anti-corrosives
Footage description: Footage - Austin Metro on mud track doing corrosion test. Humidity garage. Scrap yard. Impact testing (0'02"-2'48") - Longbridge production line (2'49"-3'44") - Computer aided design department, Swindon (4'10"-4'37") - Graphic of sheet metal toy car (4'38"-5'06") - Aerated drop experiment. Graphic of oxidation reaction (5'07"-6'07") - Graphic of drainage holes and forced ventilation (6'33"-7'19") - Wheelarch corrosion. Graphic of wheel arch liners. Seams (8'01"-9'25") - Graphic of forward facing seam (9'56"-10'20") - Door assembly. Graphic of door design. Rusted door (10'35"-11'27") - Side assembly. Spot welding (11'28"-12'36") - Gaydon workshop. Door assembly. Clinched seam (12'37"-13'47") - Graphic of cars in galvanic series. Galvanic corrosion. Stray current corrosion (13'48"-14'56") - Phosphating process. Electrocoating process. Undersealing (15'28"-17'15") - Graphic of wheel arch. Rotted wheel arch (17'16"-17'32"). Flow sticks. Seam sealing. Undercoating. Final coat applied to cars (17'33"-19'45") - Chipped paint. Bubbled metal (19'58"-20'36") - Corroded test plates. Humidity chamber & control room (20'43"-21'31") - Wax injection (21'41"-22'03") - Metros on Gaydon test track. Woman washing a car. Sea spray washing over traffic. Salting roads. Lombard RAC rally. Metros on test track. Old Fords (22'04"-23'38").
Master spool number: HOU5077
Production number: FOUS363J
Videofinder number: 2031
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