Re: Corrosion Allowance

From: <Christopher>
Date: Wed Feb 13 2008 - 12:22:00 EST

On Feb 13, 2008, at 2:04 AM, khalid iqbal wrote:

> There are commercially available softwares by which one can
> calculate corrosion allowance for its specific environment. When
> you calculate corrosion allowance, you keep following into
> consideration:

Corrosion is so subtle and so dependent on so many things, it's not likely software would be of much help and may even be misleading. Get professional help if it's an issue. Service experience is the truest guide. A sound understanding of chemistry and metallurgy and the willingness to do some research and testing will help.

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.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania

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