Direct current supplied by a device employing a power source external to the electrode system of a cathodic protection installation.

The development of loose removable powder at the surface of an organic coating usually caused by weathering.

A stress that causes an elastic body to deform (shorten) in the direction of the applied load. Contrast with tensile stress.

A change in any part of the corrosion system caused by corrosion.

Corrosion in which cobalt is selectively leached from cobalt-base alloys, such as Stellite

Threshold stress intensity for stress-corrosion cracking. The critical stress intensity at the onset of stress-corrosion cracking under specified conditions.

The potential of an electrode measured with respect to a reference electrode or another electrode when no current flows to or from it.

An aqueous solution containing one gram equivalent of the active reagent in 1L of the solution.

The relative ability of a ferrous alloy to form martensite when quenched from a temperature above the upper critical temperature. Hardenability is commonly measured as the distance below a quenched surfsce at which the metal exhibits a specific hardness ( ...

A general term used to imply that a part in service (1) has become completely inoperable, (2) is still operable but is incapable of satisfactorily performing its intended function, or (3) has deteriorated seriously, to the point that it has become unrelia ...

Rapid cooling of metals (often steels) from a suitable elevated temperature. This generally is accomplished by immersion in water, oil, polymer solution, or salt, although forced air is sometimes used.

Any of the elements of the halogen family, consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine.

(1) In heat treatment, to reheat hardened steel or hardened cast iron to some temperature below the eutectoid temperature for the purpose of decreasing hardness and increasing toughness. The process is also sometimes applied to normalized steel. (2) In to ...

An index calculated from total dissolved solids, calcium concentration, total alkalinity, pH and solution temperature that shows the tendency of a water solution to precipitate or dissolve calcium carbonate.

The binding of an adsorbate to the surface of a solid by forces whose energy levels approximate those of a chemical bond. Contrast with physisorption.

Surface having a thin, tightly adhering, oxidized skin (from straw to blue in color), extending in from the edge of a coil or sheet.

(1) An organic compound in which atoms form more than one coordinate bond with metals in solution. (2) A substance used in metal finishing to control or eliminate certain metallic ions present in undesirable quantities.

The face-centered cubic form of pure iron, stable from 910 to l400

Progressive loss of original material from a solid surface due to continuing exposure to cavitation.

A chemical process involving formation of a heterocyclic ring compound that contains at least one metal cation or hydrogen ion in the ring.