Lindane, a powerful and widely used insecticide is manufactured from hexachlorocyclohexane. One of the many by‐products in the process is X‐factor, a highly potent insecticide, but equally corrosive causing damage to the plant wares. The commonly used metal wares were screened for their resistance to X‐factor attack by scanning electron microscopy. A new technique of quantitative determination of corrosion intensity has been described. The study also revealed the most resistant metal for X‐factor action.
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