Tag: corrosion

Corrosion is defined as a refined metal that is naturally converted to a more stable form such as its hydroxide or sulphide state. Metal corrodes when it reacts with another substance such as oxygen, hydrogen or bacteria. Corrosion can also happen when metals are placed under too much stress causing the material to crack. Corrosion leads to deterioration of the material. In this section you can find newsitems related to all types of corrosion such as stress corrosion cracking, intergranular corrosion, pitting, and corrosion fatigue. If you wish to include your newsrelease on our website and email newsletter, please feel free to contact Joanne McIntyre.

Corrocean moves

CorrOcean srl, the Italian office of CorrOcean, the supplier of corrosion monitoring services, has moved to a new address.

Titanium seminar

The TIG will be holding a one-day seminar entitled "So you want to make it in titanium?" at Austincourt, Birmingham, UK, on 16 October 2002.

Titanium for Goro project

Allegheny Technologies (ATI) will supply all wrought product forms made of the specialised Titanium Grade 28 to be used in Inco Ltd's Goro mining project pressure acid leaching heat exchanger system.

“Endless” pipe system

FLEXWELL-LPG Piping has produced a flexible, "endless" pipe system for buried automotive LPG piping installations at service stations. The system’s innovative feature is a flexible, "endless" metallic piping system made of stainless steel with simple mechanical joints.

Nickel-based valves

A resource is now available for end-users who require quick delivery of corrosion-resistant nickel-based valves.

Section 201 exclusions

The US Department of Commerce and the Office of the United States Trade Representative have announced the release of the final set of products to be excluded from the Section 201 safeguard measure on steel products.

Sandvik supplies duplex to W. Africa

Sandvik Steel has received orders for nearly half a million metres of duplex stainless steel tubing, for hydraulic and chemical injection lines for subsea umbilical cables, for ExxonMobil's Kizomba project and the Zafiro project, both in West Africa.

New from Tyco

Tyco Valves & Controls announces the release of the Morin MRP & MRS Rack and Pinion pneumatic actuators.

Larger bore for filters

Parker Filter Division Europe has extended its Advantage PFA fluoropolymer single cartridge filter vessels series with the introduction of a new 20in version.

Making swimming pools safe

Last year, after the ceiling of a swimming pool at Steenwijk collapsed, concerns were raised about the safety of ceilings in other swimming pools (see this site, 20 August 2001).