Environments
Introduction to the Chemistry of Pipes in Seawater
The chemical reactions responsible for the corrosion of pipes in seawater environments are predominantly electrochemical in nature, so...
The Effects of Stress Concentration on Crack Propagation
An understanding of how cracks form and propagate enables us to design safer and more reliable structures at a lower cost.
Important Facts You Might Not Know About Copper Patina
A basic overview of the patina layer that forms during the atmospheric corrosion of copper and its alloys. How the patina forms and how to...
The Best Process for Distilling Waste Solvents
Distilling and reusing solvents, instead of paying a company to haul it away and buying new solvents, makes more sense to the margins and...
Corrosion Fatigue of Welded Joints on Marine Offshore Structures
When combined, fatigue and corrosion have an exponentially worse effect on the reliability and lifespan on marine offshore structures and...
Electric Transportation Systems and Stray Current Corrosion
Stray current corrosion from DC transit system is a real threat to a pipeline’s integrity, but it can be detected by measuring the...
Corrosion Management in Water Treatment: A Look at Water Pipeline Corrosion and Why It's Becoming a Problem
Drinking water travels through metallic pipes. The corrosion rate depends upon dissimilar metals used in pipes and water parameters such as...
The Benefits of Thermal Insulating Coatings for Storage Tanks and Process Vessels in Storm-prone Areas
Thermal insulating coatings can help oil refineries, sugar mills, paper mills, tank farms and process vessels in storm-prone regions with...
The 5 Factors of Atmospheric Corrosion
You can see its effects on flag poles, rusty bridges, monuments and buildings... find out more about the rate of atmospheric corrosion and...
The Impact of Minimum & Maximum DFT Values on Coating Performance
Two leading marine coating experts illustrate how to assess and control a myriad of painting process variables using a simple control chart...
Increased Rates of Copper Corrosion in the Zone of Aeration Explained
Variation in environmental conditions tends to create conditions ideal for the formation of differential aeration cells in the zone of...
CUI Myth: Shop Coatings are Better Quality than Field Coatings
If you have a controlled environment, you’re much more capable of controlling (and thus optimizing) the quality with which a coating is...
What We Can Learn From Mass Underground Water Pipe Corrosion
A lack of effective corrosion prevention could be a main cause for the failure of the metallic pipes used for the water system. This...
Increasing Coating Performance through Application Process Control
This article reviews the problems and best-practice solutions to achieving good marine coating specifications, while ensuring the...
Tips for Running Coating Projects in Winter
Applying industrial coatings in cold weather can present a number of technical and safety challenges for asset owners and coating...
Ambiguities in Determining if 'Specified DFT' has been Achieved
The authors expose the roles that standards, and paint company guidelines and recommendations play in the confusion over how coating...
Applying Protective Coatings to Ships in Cold Winter Conditions
Applying protective coatings to ships in cold winter conditions is problematic. Painting in low temperatures has created many modifications...
Working to Overcome Poor Quality Coating Practices in International Shipbuilding
This article delves into marine coating quality control problems in the wake of the 2008 shipbuilding boom, which have resulted in...
Increasing Cathodic Corrosion Protection to Pipelines by Removing Underground Earthing
Remedial work was required to avoid stray current corrosion where a gas pipeline and a fire protection system water main were in close...
