RESEARCHERS ATTEMPT TO FORMULATE CORROSION-REVEALING PAINT

Researchers at Ohio State University are developing a color-changing paint that, in time, could save maintenance crews from having to tear aircraft apart to check for corrosion. The paint reveals newly formed corrosion cavities "as shallow as 15 micrometers," according to Gerald Frankel, associate...

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