Case histories are presented of failure in austenitic type stainless steel chemical process equipment the recurrence of which have been prevented by improved design, better fabrication or installation. Thermal fatigue, concentration cell corrosion and stress corrosion cracking failures are considered.

Subject
Steel surfaces, Tubes, Photomicrographs, Crevices, Mechanical failure, Heat, Equipment, Boilers, Corrosion resistance, Stainless steel, Wastes, Stress corrosion cracking, Chloride stress corrosion cracking
Copyright 1955 by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers.
1955
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