Do a search at <http://www.scirus.com/> on "hydrogen embrittlement"
That's the old phrase for hydrogen induced cracking. There are lots of
causes--two that I know of are welding with wet electrodes and certain
types of plating and pickling operations.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=_6wXMeiQDu1fQZzk1d6W2yczS_IhgH8klI0WPKDPnxxhwR4pH6dSUtMvfAA7cjKdt_5c86QMB2Zgt2A">chrisw@skypoint.com</a> | this distance" (last words of Gen.
___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864)<a href="http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw">http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw</a> Received on Thu May 13 23:58:00 2004
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