Failure Analysis of Admiralty Brass Condenser Tubes
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Published:1992
Abstract
Inhibited admiralty brass (UNS C44300) condenser tubes used in a natural-gas-fired cogeneration plant failed during testing. Two samples, one from a leaking tube and the other from an on leaking tube, were examined. Chemical analyses were conducted on the tubes and corrosion deposits. Stress-corrosion cracking was shown to have caused the failure. The most probable corrosive was ammonia or an ammonium compound in the presence of oxygen and water. All of the tubes were replaced.
Keneth M. Marden, Keith R. Lewis, Failure Analysis of Admiralty Brass Condenser Tubes, Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol 1, Edited By Khlefa A. Esaklul, ASM International, 1992, p 110–114, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.v01.c9001044
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