AN INTRODUCTION

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A LECTURE ON MATERIALS ENGINEERING 171: DEGRADATION OF MATERIALS BY AAELIBERATO

Incident

Consequences

Aloha Airlines Flight 1 death, 7 serious

234 (1988)
injuries, aircraft
beyond repair

Cause

Separation of
fuselage upper
lobe;
ROOT CAUSE:
FATIGUE and
CREVICE
CORROSION

KEPCO Pipeline
Failure (2004)

6 deaths, 5 injuries,
powerplant distrust

Rupture of pipe,
coolant leakage,
steam release at
200 deg C;
ROOT CAUSE:
EROSION
CORROSION

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Corrective Action

Review of regulations on
inspection, mandatory
replacement of parts,
design review to prevent
widespread fatigue
damage

Review of regulations on
inspection, quality
assurance in safety
activities, anti-material
degradation measures

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SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLITICAL

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BUILDING FOUNDATION PILE CORROSION

Building foundation piles are often thought to be inherently resistant to corrosion. In this
particular case, these solder piles had experienced as much as 20% wt. loss before the
building was even fully erected. Special remediation using a unique impressed current
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cathodic
design has completely mitigated this destructive corrosion.

Commercial
Corrosion

Hot

Water

Heat

Tube

Fire Tube Hot Water Heaters are often

used for heating domestic water in large
industrial and commercial applications.
Annual maintenance of the heater's
corrosion control system(s) is often
ignored resulting in premature failure such
as in this unit after less than 5 years
service.

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Copper Water Pipe Corrosion

Copper water pipe can suffer accelerated

corrosion if the water chemistry is particularly
aggressive or if there is poor workmanship
during the pipe installation. The poor
workmanship in this case lead to pipe
perforation in less than four years.

Ductile Iron Pipe Failure

Ductile Iron Pipe generally suffers from pitting corrosion very
much like any other ferrous metal pipe material. During this
century, there has typically been a 60% to 80% reduction in
wall thickness compared to the former cast iron material for
the same class of service. This reduced wall has made the
pipe much more susceptible to corrosion failure such as
occurred on this 30" diameter water transmission pipeline.
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Leaking Underground Storage Tank

Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)
usually result because they have inadequate or
improperly designed and maintained corrosion
control systems. The attack on buried and
submerged metal structures is usually highly
selective resulting in intensified corrosion attack
at well defined pits.

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Corrosion Spots in Second-Hand Vehicles

IF THE MAGNET WONT STICK, THERE IS NO METAL UNDER THE PAINT,

ONLY BODY FILLER.

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Engineering
Design

Service

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Manufacturing

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METALS WILL UNDERGO

DEGRADATION
WE JUST HAVE TO PLAN FOR IT

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