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Tensile Strength
18/8 Stainless Steel
Gauge Pressure
Grinding
Glass Transition Temperature
Tensile Stress
Absorption
Ferrous Metal

Corrosion Terms beginning with S

SAA
SACP
Sacrificial Anode
Sacrificial Anode Cathodic Protection (SACP)
Sacrificial Coating
Sacrificial Pigment
Sacrificial Protection
Safety Belt
Safety Shut-Off Valve
Safety Valve
Sag Resistance
Sagging
Saint-Venant's Principle
Saline Water
Salinity
Salt Bridge
Salt Fog
Salt Splitting
Salt Spray Testing
Saltwater Disposal Well
Sand Blast Cleaning
Sand Blasting
Sand Cast
Sand Molding
Saponification
Saturated Air
Saturated Calomel Electrode (SCE)
Saturated Steam
Saturation Index
SBBC
Scale
Scale Inhibitor
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Scarifying
SCC
SCC
SCE
Schmidt Hammer
SCI
Scissor Lift
SCM
Scoring
Scratch Hardness
Screed
Scrubber
Scupper
Se
Sealant
Sealing
Seamless Tube
Season Cracking
SEC
Secondary Containment
Secondary Containment Coating
Secondary Treatment
Sediment
Sedimentation
Segregation
Self-Bonding Coatings
Self-curing Coating
Self-Healing Coating
Self-healing Metal Oxide
Self-Priming
SEM
Semi-finished Steel
Semi-killed Steel
Semipermeable Membrane
Sensitization
Separator (Oil and/or Water)
Sequestering Agent
Service Exposure
Service Life
Service Run
Service Water
Setaflash
Settlement
Sewage Pipe
Sewer Coating
Shaft Repair
Shaft Sleeve
Shale Gas
Shear
Shear Force
Shear Fracture
Shear Fracture Percentage
Shear Modulus
Shear Strain
Shear Strength
Shearography
Sheathing
Sherardizing
Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
SHM
Shop Painting
Short Oil Alkyd Resin
Short-Term Exposure Limit (STEL)
Shot Abrasive
Shot Blast Cleaning
Shot Blasting
Shot Peening
Shotcrete
Shrinkage
SI
Siderite
Sidestream Device
Sieve Analysis
Sieve Sizes
Sigma Phase
Silane
Silica Gel
Silica Sand
Silica-Based Insulation Coating
Silicate Paint
Silicon Iron Anode
Silicone
Silicone Alkyd Coating
Silicone Anti-fouling
Silicone Resin
Silicosis
Silking
Silver Corrosion
Silver Nitrate (AgNO3)
Single Component Coating
Single Component Spray System
Single-Package Coating
Sintering
SIP
Sizing Agent
Skeleton Corrosion
Skimming
Skinning
Skip Weld
Slag
Sling Psychrometer
Slip Dissolution (SCC)
Slip Line Field Theory
Slip System
Slip-Plane Outerwrap
Slow Strain Rate Testing (SSRT)
Sludge
Slurry
Slurry Blasting
Smart Coating
Smart Pig
SMAW
SO2
Soap Scum
Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC)
Soda Blasting
Sodium (Na)
Sodium Bicarbonate Abrasive
Sodium Bicarbonate Blast Cleaning (SBBC)
Sodium Carbonate
Sodium Chlorate
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Hypochlorite
Sodium Polysilicate
Sodium Sulfate
Sodium Sulfide Spot Test
Softening Point
Soil Corrosion
Soil Moisture
Soil Resistivity
Solar Collector
Solar Loading
Solar Reflectance
Solar Reflective Index (SRI)
Solids By Volume
Solids By Weight
Solubility
Soluble Corrosion Inhibitor (SCI)
Soluble Salt Contaminant
Soluble Salts
Solute
Solvation
Solvent
Solvent Attack
Solvent Balance
Solvent Cleaning
Solvent Cutback
Solvent Entrapment
Solvent Popping
Solvent Release
Solvent Shock
Solvent-based Acrylic Sealer
Solvent-borne Coating
Solvent-Free
Solventless Coating
Sour Corrosion
Sour Service
SP.GR
Spangle
Spatter Coating
Spec Writing
Specific Gravity (SP.GR)
Specific Strength
Specification
Spectroelectrochemistry (SEC)
SPF
Spheroidite
Spheroidizing
Spill Berms
Spill Containment
Spin Coating
Splash Zone
Sponge Jetting
Sponge Painting
Spot Corrosion
Spot Priming
Spot Welding
Spray Atomization
Spray Booth
Spray Head
Spray Life
Spray Pattern
Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF)
Spray Pot
Spray Welding
Spray-on Lining
Spreader Adjusting Valve
SRE
SRI
SS
SSC
SSPC
SSPC-VIS 1
SSRT
Stable Isotope Probing (SIP)
Staining
Stainless Steel
Stainless Steel Corrosion
Stand-Off Distance
Standard Electrode
Standard Reference Electrode (SRE)
Standpipe
Static Crack
Static Discharge
Static Mixer
Static Pressure
Static Shielding
Stationary Source
Steady State Electrode
Steam Cleaning
Steam Trap
Stearic Acid
Steel Abrasive
Steel Banding
Steel Corrosion
Steel Grit
Steel Mandrel Pig
Steel Shot
Steel-to-Steel Electrolysis
STEL
Stellite
Stick Welding
Stitch Welding
Stoichiometric Reaction
Stoichiometry
Storage And Disposal Treatment Facility
Strain Gauge
Strain Rate
Strain-Hardened Stainless Steel
Stratification
Stratified Corrosion
Stray Current
Stray Current Corrosion
Stray Current Mapper (SCM)
Streicher Test
Strengite
Stress
Stress Concentration Factor (Kt)
Stress Concentration Factor at a Hole
Stress Concentration Factor Calculation
Stress Concentration Factor Chart
Stress Corrosion
Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC)
Stress Intensity Factor (K)
Stress Relief
Stress Relieving
Stress-Relief Cracking
Striation
Stripe Coating
Strontium Chromate
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)
Styrene
Substrate
Substrate Preparation
Subsurface Corrosion
Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
Subtropical Testing
SUE
Sulfamate Nickel Chrome
Sulfate Ion Content
Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria (SRB)
Sulfidation
Sulfide Stain
Sulfide Stress Cracking (SSC)
Sulfonic Acid
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
Sulfuric Acid
Sulfuric Acid Spot Test
Superchlorination
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Superheated Steam
Supernatant
Supportability
Surface Analysis
Surface Area Impact
Surface Blowoff
Surface Contaminants
Surface Defects
Surface Fatigue
Surface Hardener
Surface Modifier
Surface Preparation
Surface Preparation Water
Surface Profile Comparator
Surface Profile Gauge
Surface Resistivity
Surface Tension
Surface Tolerance
Surface Topography
Surface Water
Surface-Active Agent (SAA)
Surface-Tolerant Coating
Surface-Tolerant Epoxy
Surfacer
Surfacing
Surfactant
Surge Tank
Suspended Solids (SS)
Swarf
Sweep Blast Cleaning
Sweet Corrosion
Sweet Gas
Swing Bridge
Swivel Ring Flange
Synthetic Detergent
Synthetic Resin
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