Temperature

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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 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

  Hot Corrosion in Gas Turbine Components

  Gas turbines are an extremely critical and important piece of equipment used in many industries such as oil and gas, electrical power generation and aviation...

  By: Della Anggabrata

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  Failure

  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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  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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  Soluble Salts

  Salt Limits to Prevent Premature Coating Failures

  The presence of non-visible residual surface salts and their impact on life cycle coating performance is well documented, yet no widespread industry standards exist to...

  By: Hap Peters | Managing Director, CHLOR RID International, Inc.

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  Equipment

  Why Pigging Out Is A-OK When It Comes to Cleaning Pipelines

  Pipeline pigs are an essential tool for maintaining pipelines. This article examines pipeline operational pigging for internal corrosion prevention, including pigging...

  By: Monica Fernandez

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  CUI

  Preventing Corrosion with Thermal Insulating Coatings

  In many industrial processes, the ability to regulate the temperature in process vessels, tanks and other equipment is a valuable asset. The petrochemical, food...

  By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer

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  Prevention

  Why One Insulation Material Does Not Fit All Applications

  It would be nice if there were a one-size-fits-all, high-temperature insulation solution for refineries, petrochemical facilities and power plants. Unfortunately, given...

  By: Industrial Insulation Group

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  CUI

  CUI Double Whammy: Selection of Coating Systems for CUI Service

  For those with no real-world experience in oil & gas refining environments or with corrosion under insulation (CUI), the white paper, “Selection of Coating...

  By: Monica Chauviere | President, Monicorr, Inc.

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  Asset Management

  Tips for Running Coating Projects in Winter

  Summer is but a forgotten memory and we are well into the cold season in some parts of the world. As the days grow shorter and temperatures plummet, the risk of...

  By: Tatsuya Nakagawa | VP of Marketing and co-founder of Castagra Products

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  Equipment

  Why Are My Insulation Surface Temperatures Out of Spec?

  The engineer designed the piping system with care: its insulation thickness was verified by the most reliable and commonly used software available, and the insulation...

  By: Doug Fast and Kim Melton