Abstract
The engineering applications of advanced materials, such as polymer-matrix composites, superferritic stainless steels and titanium alloys, in various marine technologies is discussed with reference to hulls, condensers/heat exchangers and centrifugal pumps. While many of the traditional seawater corrosion problems have been eliminated by the use of these materials, different environment-induced effects have been identified, the more notable being strength degradation, blister formation and cavitation in polymer matrix composites, hydrogen embrittlement and crevice corrosion in superferritic stainless steels, and hydriding in titanium. Measures for avoiding these effects are noted and discussed.
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1993
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
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