Corrosion cracking is a critical phenomenon in the field of material science and engineering, representing a severe form of material degradation. This type of cracking occurs when a material, typically a metal, is subjected to both a corrosive environment and tensile stress. Among the various forms of corrosion cracking, stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is particularly noteworthy due to its insidious and dangerous nature.
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Heat exchanger failure
Production at WMC Resources' Olympic Dam operations in South Australia was interrupted following the failure of a heat exchanger in the sulphuric acid plant.
Nickel used in oil sands desulphurisation
Nickel-containing alloys are being used in two new flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) installations in Canada.
New stainless steel from Sandvik
Sandvik Materials Technology has developed a new stainless steel, Sandvik Nanoflex.
First chemical tanker order from China
AvestaPolarit's Hot Rolled Plate business unit in Degerfors has received an order for hot-rolled plate that will be used to manufacture tanks for a chemical tanker due to be built in China.
Remelting at ThyssenKrupp VDM
ThyssenKrupp VDM GmbH has completed a multi-phase investment programme at its Unna melting plant.
Doctor blades
Sandvik Materials Technology is using its steel melting and strip producing expertise to optimise the material properties for doctor blades for gravure and flexographic printing processes.