X-rays are the main component of X-radiation. It is a type of electromagnetic radiation with a typical wavelength measuring around 0.01-10 nanometers. It is known to have more energy and shorter wavelengths than ultraviolet light. However, it has very tiny wavelengths that are no larger than an… View Full Term
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Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) is often the predominant failure in high–pressure gas transmission pipelines. Long-term operation of pipelines could lead to…
By: Dennis Jayasinghe | Principal/Chief Technical Officer, Corr-Met Inspection & Consulting Inc.
Have you ever run into the following situation? A component within your product broke or your manufacturing line was producing bad components, and you wanted to…
By: Michael Pfeifer | Principal Consultant and Trainer for Industrial Metallurgists, LLC
Hydrogen embrittlement is the result of the absorption of hydrogen by susceptible metals, resulting in the loss of ductility and reduction of load-bearing capability.…
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
Stress relaxation cracking (SRC), also referred to as stress relief cracking or reheat cracking, is a high-temperature (500-700°C or 932-1292°F) failure mode. It…
Caustic cracking of austenitic stainless steels is an environmentally assisted failure mode that is often forgotten and not always considered when specifying a material…
Cathodic protection (CP) comes in many forms. Zinc is often the metal of choice used for CP sacrificial anodes, which are attached to welding on the substrates of…
By: Ian MacMoy | Product Design Specialist, Dox Steel
Rarely does a coating fail because of only one contributing factor. Rather, it is usually two or more factors working in conjunction that cause a coating to fail on a…
By: Louis D. Vincent | Owner, L.D. “Lou” Vincent PHD LLC
One of the major challenges faced by maintenance engineers across many industries is the limited amount of time in which urgent repairs must be carried out. In the real…
By: Levente Bazsanyi | Product Manager
Corrosion fatigue of engineering materials, mainly metals, has been a topic of research worldwide for over a century. This type of corrosion failure was first observed…
By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer
When asked why a coating has failed to deliver some expected performance, most people immediately respond that there was a failure in the surface preparation or the…
By: Raouf Kattan | Managing Director, Safinah Ltd.
Most corrosion failures are not unique. For the majority of failures, a similar failure has occurred in the past. It is up to the experts to conduct failure analyses and…
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