January 2016

Staying Ship-Shape with Borates

:: Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Staying Ship-Shape with Borates
In Baltimore’s Inner Harbor sits the U.S.S. Constellation, a more than 150-year-old wooden ship that served the United States Navy for nearly a century. Its age, however, is just a number. The historic vessel is channeling its youth through the use of borates.
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