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- Corrosion Failure
Rust in Bolted Systems: Causes and Prevention
A complex steel assembly's fate may be determined by the vulnerability of its smallest and least considered components. The bolts or fasteners holding the assembly...
By:Raghvendra Gopal|Founder & Director, Materials Info Consultancy Private Limited
- Pipeline
Internal Corrosion of Pipelines Carrying Crude Oil
Crude oils are a highly complex combination of hydrocarbons, heterocyclic compounds of nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, organometallic compounds (any member of a class of...
By:Dennis Jayasinghe|Principal/Chief Technical Officer, Corr-Met Inspection & Consulting Inc.
- Failure
6 Ways to Prevent Corrosion Failure Analysis Frustration
Have you ever run into the following situation? A component within your product broke or your manufacturing line was producing bad components, and you wanted to...
By:Michael Pfeifer|Principal Consultant and Trainer for Industrial Metallurgists, LLC
- Failure
How to Conduct a Corrosion-Related Failure Analysis
Conducting a root cause analysis to identify the exact cause of a corrosion failure and to determine the appropriate remedies to prevent future occurrences requires a...
By:Steven Bradley|Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services
- Corrosion
In-Service Stress Corrosion Cracking of 316L Stainless Steel in H2S
Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is the cracking caused by the combined influence of tensile stress and a corrosive environment. In the worst case it can lead to sudden...
- Corrosion Failure
How to Prevent Filiform Corrosion Under Coatings
Filiform corrosion is a particular form of corrosion that occurs under thin coatings in randomly distributed threads like filaments. Filiform corrosion is also known as...
By:Dennis Jayasinghe|Principal/Chief Technical Officer, Corr-Met Inspection & Consulting Inc.
- Corrosion
How to Avoid Chelant-Based Corrosion in a Boiler Water Pipe
螯合剂是一种必不可少的component in a boiler system where hard minerals exist and need to be “softened” and dissolved in the conveyance. Some...
- Corrosion
Effect of Corrosion on a Material's Tensile Strength and Ductility
Modern construction materials have a number of well-defined mechanical properties that can tell us a lot about their characteristics and behavior when used in...
- Corrosion
AC Induced Corrosion of Buried Pipelines
Pipelines are often located in common utility rights of way with the pipeline taking advantage of corridors reserved for high voltage AC (HVAC) overhead electrical...
By:Mohamed Adel Mohamadein|Head of the Corrosion, Arab Petroleum Pipelines
- Corrosion
Techniques for Analyzing Corrosion Products
Analysis and identification of corrosion products is a critical component of a failure analysis in order to conclude the root cause and to determine the corrective...
By:Steven Bradley|Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services
- Failure
Caustic Cracking of Austenitic Stainless Steel
Caustic cracking of austenitic stainless steels is an environmentally assisted failure mode that is often forgotten and not always considered when specifying a material...
By:Steven Bradley|Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services
- Corrosion Failure
Polythionic Acid Stress Corrosion Cracking of Austenitic Stainless Steel
Polythionic acid stress corrosion cracking (PTA-SCC) of austenitic stainless steel is a type of environmentally induced cracking that requires not only the appropriate...
By:Steven Bradley|Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services
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