Corrosion Failure

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  How to Conduct a Corrosion-Related Failure Analysis

  Conducting a root cause analysis to identify the exact cause of a corrosion failure and to determine the appropriate remedies to prevent future occurrences requires a...

  By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services

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  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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  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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  How to Avoid Chelant-Based Corrosion in a Boiler Water Pipe

  A chelating agent is an essential component in a boiler system where hard minerals exist and need to be “softened” and dissolved in the conveyance. Some...

  By: Della Anggabrata

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  Effect of Corrosion on a Material's Tensile Strength and Ductility

  Modern construction materials have a number of well-defined mechanical properties that can tell us a lot about their characteristics and behavior when used in...

  By: Nemanja Pavlovic

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  AC Induced Corrosion of Buried Pipelines

  Pipelines are often located in common utility rights of way with the pipeline taking advantage of corridors reserved for high voltage AC (HVAC) overhead electrical...

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

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  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

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  Caustic Cracking of Austenitic Stainless Steel

  Caustic cracking of austenitic stainless steels is an environmentally assisted failure mode that is often forgotten and not always considered when specifying a material...

  By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services

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  Polythionic Acid Stress Corrosion Cracking of Austenitic Stainless Steel

  Polythionic acid stress corrosion cracking (PTA-SCC) of austenitic stainless steel is a type of environmentally induced cracking that requires not only the appropriate...

  By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services

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  Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking of Austenitic Stainless Steel

  Of the types of environmentally assisted cracking of austenitic stainless steel, chloride stress corrosion cracking (Cl-SCC) is the most common. (For an introduction to...

  By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services

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  How to Effectively Recognize, Prevent and Treat Pitting Corrosion

  Pitting corrosion initially presents itself as one or more tiny holes or cavities that are nearly invisible to the human eye. But this type of corrosion can quickly...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Chloride, Caustic and Polythionic Acid Stress Corrosion Cracking

  Environmentally induced cracking often occurs unexpectedly because the environment associated with the failure was not considered fully when setting the materials...

  By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services