Small test strips made of silver or other metals, called "coupons," are frequently used to assess and predict the speeds at which metals used in outdoor environments—pipelines, aircraft, bridges, as ...

A proper corrosion-inhibition test protocol helps ensure the success of increasingly expensive offshore oil and gas projects. Several offshore wet-gas pipelines worldwide carry high concentrations of ...

Almost all materials corrode over time. When determining if a coating will withstand corrosion it is more helpful to test the surface to obtain useful data rather than subjecting it to such extreme ...

Concerns about corrosion, corrosion control, and testing are essential for industries producing items susceptible to corrosive elements like chemicals, oxygen, water, electrolytes, and UV light. This ...

Parker Kittiwake, the global provider of asset control and protection technology, has announced a breakthrough in onboard cold corrosion testing with their new portable test kit. In less than five ...

A 432-specimen immersion study finds SUS316 spring wire resists acidic chloride cleaners two- to five-fold better than SUS304 ...

Internal coatings in the different sections of oil treatment plants are subjected to a variety of stresses. By conducting comparative tests, researchers are analyzing which materials are best suited ...

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have revealed the recipients of a newly funded initiative backed by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, ...

An 11-year field test of 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (“ACCR”), in cooperation with Hawaii Electric Company, on a 46-kV distribution line on the island of Oahu has confirmed the salt ...

Belagavi opens North Karnataka’s first salt spray testing lab at BMTC, enabling local corrosion testing for MSMEs to cut ...