Transportation

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  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.

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  Corrosion

  Hot Corrosion in Gas Turbine Components

  Gas turbines are an extremely critical and important piece of equipment used in many industries such as oil and gas, electrical power generation and aviation...

  By: Della Anggabrata

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  Corrosion Prevention

  Temporary Corrosion Protection During Storage, Transportation and Handling

  Deterioration due to corrosion of materials, parts and components during transportation and temporary storage during interstage manufacturing is a persistent problem in...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Asset Management

  Major Railway Infrastructure Projects That'll Impact the Corrosion Control Market

  Transportation is a pivotal sector of the global economy because it fulfills some basic needs of human civilization. The global investments in infrastructure such as...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Industries

  Aviation Coatings for Corrosion Prevention

  Aero engines and other parts of aircraft are designed on the principle of a very high power-to-weight ratio, and hence each of the parts is expected to ensure the...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Corrosion

  Corrosion and Electrical Interference in Buried Metallic Structures

  Corrosion is a naturally occurring phenomenon commonly defined as the deterioration of a substance (usually a metal) or its properties because of a reaction with its...

  By: Mahmoud Elmahdy | Senior Cathodic Protection Engineer

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  Corrosion Prevention

  EIT Corrosion Detection Systems: Are They the Future?

  Prestressed concrete structures with post-tensioned (PT) tendons have been extensively used for bridges because they facilitate the creation of long-span superstructures...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Corrosion

  Electric Transportation Systems and Stray Current Corrosion

  Due to limited public lands, we sometimes find ourselves in a situation where it is necessary to install direct current (DC) electrical transmission systems in close...

  By: Mohamed Adel Mohamadein | Head of the Corrosion, Arab Petroleum Pipelines

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  Corrosion

  Corrosion Industry Experts Share What Innovations They See on the Horizon in 2019

  Corrosionpedia went to NACE Corrosion 2019 (the world’s largest conference and exposition on corrosion) in Nashville to seek out corrosion professionals to find...

  By: Corrosionpedia Staff

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  Coatings

  Understanding the Special Precautions for Marine Coatings Applied Above the Waterline

  Ships and offshore assets have areas with an inherently higher corrosion risk than other areas of the same structure. These areas merit special attention during their...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Corrosion Prevention

  How to Select the Best Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor (VCI) for Your Application

  Inhibitors have become a common measure for dealing with the complex chemical reaction known as corrosion. Inhibitors consist of chemical compounds that decrease the...

  By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer

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  Asset Management

  Applying Protective Coatings to Ships in Cold Winter Conditions

  November to March is a beautiful time of the year in the wintry climate of the United States and Canada. People participate in all kinds of wintertime activities. It is...

  By: Mark Edmonds