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Corrosion
Refractory Metals: Properties, Types and Applications
Refractory metals are widely used because of their unique and desirable properties and behaviors, especially their resistance to corrosion and their extraordinary...
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Corrosion
Metal Dusting 101: A Catastrophic Corrosion Phenomenon
Metal dusting is a catastrophic form of corrosion degradation. It occurs when susceptible metals and alloys disintegrate rapidly into a dust of fine metal particles and...
By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services
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Inspection / Monitoring
The Ultimate Guide to Pipeline Pigs
Pipelines are considered one of the safest and most feasible ways to carry hydrocarbons or gases from well heads to tankers or storage tanks.However, after their...
By: Mohamed Adel Mohamadein | Head of the Corrosion, Arab Petroleum Pipelines
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Pipeline
How To Conduct An AC Attenuation Survey on an Underground Pipeline
Underground pipelines are always prone to corrosion due to how they react to their surrounding environment. If corrosion is left untreated, the pipeline's integrity...
By: Mohamed Adel Mohamadein | Head of the Corrosion, Arab Petroleum Pipelines
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Corrosion
The 4 Key Types of Crevice Corrosion
Crevice corrosion is a type of localized corrosion that may occur in metallic materials when in contact with a solution within a restricted geometry. This happens in...
By: Martin Rodriguez | Senior Researcher, CNEA
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Corrosion
Understanding Water Treatment and the Corrosion Control Process
Drinking water sources are subject to contamination and require appropriate treatment to remove disease-causing agents. Public drinking water systems often use various...
By: Della Anggabrata
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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...
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Corrosion
Corrosion Products Produced by High Temperature Exposures
In order to prevent high temperature corrosion, identifying the corrosion products is key. As with the analysis of aqueous corrosion products, a combination of methods...
By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services
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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
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...
By: Della Anggabrata
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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
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
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