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ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories
ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Power Generating Equipment
ASM International
ISBN electronic:
978-1-62708-229-7
Publication date:
2019
Book Chapter
Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Admiralty Brass Condenser Tubes
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Published:2019
Abstract
Failures occurred in admiralty brass condenser tubes in a nuclear plant cooled by freshwater. About 2500 tubes had to be replaced over a span of six years. Investigation (visual inspection, chemical analysis, water chemistry (for both intake and outfall), and corrosion products in the operating system and on test coupons exposed to the operating environment) supported the conclusion that the failure was caused by microbe-initiated SCC. No recommendations were made.
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Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Admiralty Brass Condenser Tubes, ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Power Generating Equipment, ASM International, 2019, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.power.c0091807
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