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- 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
- Corrosion Prevention
Anodize This: The Brilliance of Anodizing
The anodizing process enables the formation of a brilliant, stable and durable oxide layer upon certain metals, which minimizes wear and corrosion damage to the...
- Corrosion Prevention
How to Improve Feedwater Quality to Prevent Boiler Corrosion
Boiler failure is a major concern for heating and power plants, and the corrosion associated with the boiler's water quality is known to be the main cause. The total...
- Corrosion
Analyzing Aqueous Corrosion Products
A combination of multiple methods is often required to correctly identify aqueous corrosion products with the most commonly used methods being scanning electron...
By:Steven Bradley|Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services
- Corrosion
Performing a Fitness for Service Assessment of Pressure Vessels
Pressure equipment is defined as a containment apparatus with a difference in pressure between the internal and external environment. Some examples of pressure equipment...
- Asset Management
Guide to the Best Solution for Not-So-Large Corrosion Problems
In the corrosion world it is generally accepted that there are eight basic types of corrosion. From this simple list of corrosion types, a daunting variety of corrosion...
By:Bradley Erickstad|President, Coastal Corrosion Care LLC
- Procedures
6 Tests to Measure a Material's Strength
There are often several criteria that should be considered when selecting a material for a particular purpose. Corrosion resistance and wear resistance are important...
- 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
- Corrosion Prevention
Flange Corrosion Repair & Protection: Isolating the Sealing Face
All pipelines and pipework incorporate flanges and welded joints of varying sizes, designs and materials. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Offshore...
By:Marina Silva
- Corrosion
Corrosion Scale Analysis for Piping Specimens
Lead is a toxic metal that is harmful to human health. The introduction of lead into drinking water occurs through the corrosion of plumbing products as water moves...
- Prevention
Hot-dip vs Cold Galvanizing: What’s the Difference?
The destructive effects of corrosion on metals have been known for centuries. For almost as long as metals have been a construction material, humans have constantly...
By:Krystal Nanan|Civil Engineer
- Corrosion Prevention
Causes and Prevention of Corrosion on Welded Joints
A welded joint can have a low resistance to corrosion due to the varying chemical composition, residual stress and metallurgical structure of the weld zone. Corrosion of...
By:Kasay Mwiks
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