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  Inspection / Monitoring

  6 Tests to Assess Intergranular Corrosion Using ASTM A262

  Intergranular corrosion of austenitic stainless steels selectively attacks the vicinity of the grain boundaries.To evaluate, in a relatively short period of time,...

  By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services

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  Inspection / Monitoring

  How to Perform an ACVG Survey

  Pipelines are still considered one of the most cost effective and safest methods of liquid and gas transportation.Pipelines are usually buried underground to improve...

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

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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

  Internal Corrosion of Pipelines Carrying Crude Oil

  Crude oils are a highly complex combination of hydrocarbons, heterocyclic compounds of nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, organometallic compounds (any member of a class of...

  By: Dennis Jayasinghe | Principal/Chief Technical Officer, Corr-Met Inspection & Consulting Inc.

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  Inspection / Monitoring

  Inspecting for Corrosion Under Pipe Supports: 4 Common Lifting Method

  Many on-stream inspection techniques exist that inspect for corrosion under pipe supports, including (among others) EMAT and guided wave testing. These methods are...

  By: Kurt Gribnitz | CEO and Owner of Ovolifts

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  Corrosion

  Performing a Fitness for Service Assessment of Pressure Vessels

  Pressure equipment is defined as a containment apparatus with a difference in pressure between the internal and external environment. Some examples of pressure equipment...

  By: Della Anggabrata

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  Inspection / Monitoring

  8 Methods of Coating Thickness Measurement

  Coating film thickness is an important variable that plays a role in product quality, process control and cost control. Measurement of film thickness can be done with...

  By: David Beamish | President, DeFelsko Corporation

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  Corrosion Prevention

  How to Control Corrosion by Improving Design

  The proper design to minimize corrosion is as important as the selection of materials. In many structures, a lack of design consideration the weakest link in corrosion...

  By: Alan Kehr | Managing Consultant, Alan Kehr Anti-Corrosion, LLC

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  Corrosion

  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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  Corrosion Prevention

  Top Corrosion Mitigation Technologies to Watch for in 2021

  With corrosion management and corrosion-related incidents costing a massive US$2.5 trillion a year across the globe, it’s no wonder that advancements in corrosion...

  By: Annemarie Mannion

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  Corrosion Prevention

  An Overview of Cathodic Protection Potential Measurement

  Cathodic protection potential measurement is a method used to determine the adequacy of a cathodic protection (CP) system—applied to protect a certain...

  By: Mahmoud Elmahdy | Senior Cathodic Protection Engineer

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  Equipment

  All About Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducers (EMATs)

  Steel pipelines are widely used in various industries for transporting liquids, gases and hazardous fluids over a large distance. The pipeline surfaces are often coated...

  By: Dileep Koodalil | Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing