East Bay Express (blog) The 400-plus bolts in the tower had been dipped in hydrochloric acid even though doing so violated industry standards. The acid can make steel more brittle and susceptible to failure, but instructions from Caltrans to forgo the acid baths apparently ...
This is Hull and East Riding HANGING three sheep and dunking them in a bath of hydrochloric acid sounds like something from a horror film. But when you learn that the animals in question are made from steel and were in Hull for a spot of galvanizing before taking pride of place in ... and more »
