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Corrosion Prevention
Your Guide to Corrosion-Resistant Metals
There are several different corrosion-resistant metals available to choose from, each with their own advantages and disadvantages for a particular application. Here'...
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Substances
An Introduction to Stainless Steels
Stainless steels are steels with a minimum of 10% chromium. They gain their resistance to corrosion from a thin, tenacious surface layer of chromium oxide. If the oxide...
By: Michael Pfeifer | Principal Consultant and Trainer for Industrial Metallurgists, LLC
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Corrosion Prevention
Using Pickling and Passivation Chemical Treatments to Prevent Corrosion
Both pickling and passivation are chemical treatments applied to the surface of stainless steel to remove contaminants and assist the formation of a continuous...
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Corrosion
The Role of Chromium in Intergranular Corrosion
Stainless steel alloys owe their anti-corrosive properties to chromium, which grants a passivation effect to both ferrite and austenite steels when found in sufficient...
By: Nemanja Pavlovic
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