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  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...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Corrosion

  The Corrosion of Lightweight Materials Used in Automotive Applications

  Throughout the automotive industry there is an increasing interest in lightweight construction materials to achieve better fuel economy and meet regulatory requirements...

  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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  Corrosion

  All Steamed Up: The Many Types and Uses of Steam

  Have you ever wondered how the pressure cooker in your kitchen is comparable to a giant boiler in an electrical power plant? Both have similarities, because they both...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Procedures

  10 Key Benefits of Case Hardened Steel

  There are many applications, such as gears and rolling contact bearings, where the components are subjected to shock loads and wear and tear due to a combination of...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Procedures

  Stick Welding: A Comprehensive Guide to a Very Popular Welding Process

  For millennia, humans have practiced the art of joining metals. Early welding consisted of forge welding, which involved heating and hammering. By the end of the 19th...

  By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer

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  Surface Preparation

  An Overview of Welded Joint Corrosion: Causes and Prevention Practices

  Corrosion, by definition, is a degradation of material due to its chemical or electrochemical reaction with its environment. While this is a problem for metals in...

  By: Nemanja Pavlovic

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  Corrosion Prevention

  Understanding Carburization: The Positive and Negative Impacts on Metals

  Due to their low carbon content, low carbon steels are neither too ductile nor too brittle. They have low tensile strength and hardness. Because of their low hardness,...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Prevention

  Combating Cavitative Corrosion and Erosive Corrosion

  Cavitation takes place in a fluid system when the local fluid pressure in any region falls below the fluid’s characteristic vapor pressure, resulting in the...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Coatings

  How to Enhance Safety When Working With Volatile Organic Compounds

  Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a group of carbon-based products that are able to vaporize at room temperature. Historically VOCs were quite common in coating...

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

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  Failure

  INFOGRAPHIC: The Flixborough Disaster

  Most corrosion failures are not unique. For the majority of failures, a similar failure has occurred in the past. It is up to the experts to conduct failure analyses and...

  By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer

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  Procedures

  How Quenching Improves the Performance of Metals

  For centuries, blacksmiths and ironworkers have employed quenching to improve the performance of various weapons and tools. Although the metallurgical processes involved...

  By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer