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    • Tables from "Analysis of Pipeline Steel Corrosion Data From NBS (NIST) Studies Conducted Between 1922-1940 and Relevance to Pipeline Management" (NISTIR 7415)

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    Between 1922 and 1940, the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) conducted a long-term investigation into the corrosion of bare steel and iron, pipes buried underground at 47 sites representing different soil types in the United States. Following the passage of the 2004 Pipeline Safety Improvement Act, the Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety requested that NIST review and reanalyze the data from the NBS study using modern statistical analysis tools. For this analysis, NIST compiled an updated database from the data in the publications by K. H. Logan (i.e. NBS C450, 1945), M. Romanoff (i.e. NBS C579, 1957), and others, including examination of original logbooks. NIST published a report analyzing this data with modern computer assisted statistical analysis tools (doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7415) and an archival paper summarizing the findings (doi:10.6028/jres.115.026). This data is provided in this format so that others will have the best available data from this research for future analyses.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.115.026
    https://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7415

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Maintainer
    Identifier 576CE869311197F3E0531A570681C5C71857
    Language en
    Data Last Modified 2007-01-01
    Category Materials:Materials characterization, Materials:Metals
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 006:55
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    Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
    Homepage URL https://data.nist.gov/od/id/576CE869311197F3E0531A570681C5C71857
    License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
    Program Code 006:052
    Related Documents http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.115.026, https://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7415
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 615f1326d05ee62281c4685ff24033518210041dd97628619176c17aaaece21e
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