Maintaining reliable and efficient plant operations requires good control of corrosion and corrosion product transport in power plant water systems. The Electric Power Research Institute recommends ...

Researchers are using new, experimental techniques like Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE) and friction stir welding to produce metal components that are lighter, stronger, and more ...

(Nanowerk News) When water vapor meets metal, the resulting corrosion can lead to mechanical problems that harm a machine’s performance. Through a process called passivation, it also can form a thin ...

A process which involves deterioration or degradation of metal is referred to as corrosion. The most typical example of corrosion is the degradation of alloys or metals. Usually, corrosion phenomena ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Qatar Science and Technology Research Center (QSRTC) have developed a new automated method to assess corrosion in industrial equipment ...

Rusting close rustingA corrosion process in which iron or steel reacts with oxygen and water. can be prevented by keeping oxygen or water away from the iron or steel: The oil also lubricates the chain ...

Deposition of a solid material such as a particle, thin film, nanowire or nanotubes on a substrate by generating reactive species in the gaseous phase is referred to as chemical vapor deposition. When ...