Systems Failure Analysis
Chapter 14: Contaminants
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Published:2009
Abstract
Contaminants can be a cause of numerous types of system failures. There are numerous techniques for confirming contaminant presence. When the presence of a contaminant is suspected, the failure analysis team must find and eliminate the contaminant source, which can be obvious or quite subtle. This chapter summarizes a few commonly encountered contaminant sources to stimulate the reader's thinking about potential contaminant sources. A case study of titanium component washing at Litton Lasers is presented to illustrate how the presence of contaminants leads to a system failure.
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Member Sign InContaminants, Systems Failure Analysis, By Joseph Berk, ASM International, 2009, p 141–145, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.tb.sfa.t52780141
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