***** Moderator's Note ***** As a previous post indicated, there is a lot of information regarding the body dies in the archives. At the time of that discussion, it was observed that a salvage recovery of the dies was really not economically feasible due to the damage sustained by the dies over two decades under water, the lack of demand for newly-manufactured parts, and the oversupply of current new and used part inventories. Unless someone actually brings one of the dies up from the deep, please consider this discussion closed. Mike G Moderator of the week ***** "Brine and sea water corrode steel at a slow rate, and the metal can be used where iron contamination is not objectionable." This is a direct quote from: "Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook" Fourth Edition. It is known as the Chemical Engineering "bible". Other facts - 1. Corrosion/rust decreases with decreasing temperature. 2. Also from Perry's: General corrosion in sea water, (static or slow moving) for iron and steel is rated 4 on a 0-6 scale. 4 is good, 6 is "normally excellent", 0 is Unsuitable. The rating refers to the materials corrosion performance in sea water. Bob Hlavacek MS ChE 10961 ----- Original Message ----- From: <MPolzin@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [DML] Want to dive DeLorean dump site. stupid crabs! > Being a certified diver myself, I have seen the effects of sea water on > various different metals doing wreck dives. Before any effort would go into > recovering these molds, someone should be sent down to see if they are even > worth trying to bring up. Sea water extremely corrosive on just about any > metal and I can only guess what these things look like after sitting on the > bottom of the ocean for nearly 20 years -- unfortunately there is a high > likelihood that they are trashed by now. > [Moderator snip]