Titanium alloys are highly popular in industries because of their very high tensile strength and toughness along with their very lightweight and extraordinary corrosion resistance properties....
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What is Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC)? Mechanism and Prevention of SCC
Stress Corrosion Cracking or SCC is a slow failure mechanism of engineering materials in a corrosive environment. Many ductile metals and alloys fail each year due to stress corrosion cracking which...
What is Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HIC)? | Hydrogen Induced Cracking Mechanism
Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HIC) is a form of wet H2S cracking that is usually generated by high hydrogen concentration in metals. The mechanism involves atomic hydrogen which diffuses into a metal...
Pipes are defined as circular tubular products used for conveying fluids (liquids, gases, and fluidized solids). Pipes are designed for a particular design pressure corresponding to the design...
A water pipe can be defined as any pipe that is used to transport water. The applications of piping systems are very vast from the power industry to the process industry, utility services, and so on....
What is Material Selection Diagram? Its Purpose, Development, and Example
What is a material selection diagram? A material selection diagram often called MSD in engineering terminology is basically an engineering drawing that shows the basic scheme of a process along...