Report of the Committee on Corrosion and Protection
A survey of the cost of corrosion to Japan
1977 Volume 26 Issue 7 Pages 401-428
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1977 Volume 26 Issue 7 Pages 401-428
The survey of the cost of corrosion to Japan has been made from April of 1976 to March of 1977 by the Committee on Corrosion and Protection (chairman: Prof. G. Okamoto), which was organized by Japan Society of Corrosion Engineering and Japan Association of Corrosion Control, with the Fund of Promotion of Machinery, supported by Ministry of International Trade and Industry. This survey revealed that the annual cost of corrosion to the nation amounts approximately to 2500 billion yen (9.2 billion U. S. dollars) on 1974 basis.
