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MATERIALS EVALUATION and CORROSION TESTING & SOLUTIONS
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At Corrosion Testing & Solutions, LLC (CT&S), we offer materials corrosion consulting, corrosion testing, and corrosion training. The selection of suitable metal alloys for best service in a corroding environment is essential to minimize issues due to corrosion and materials failures.
All metal alloys are prone to be degraded when they are exposed to a corroding environment. Corrosion is caused by oxidation and reduction reactions taking place at the corroding surface in contact with the corroding medium. These two types of reactions can independently lead to failure.
The oxidation reactions are detrimental by inducing general metal thinning or localized attack, subject to the type of alloy and the corroding conditions. Reduction reactions are detrimental because of the generated hydrogen at the corroding surface in acidic or alkaline environments. The absorption and diffusion of hydrogen into the corroding metal can induce lattice defects, lattice deformation, and stress build up which can result in metal embrittlement and sudden failure in some alloys.
The wrong combination of type of alloy, aggressive components in the corroding environment, pH, temperature, and state of internal residual stress or externally applied stress to the alloy can lead to accelerated metal corrosion and metal failure. Pitting corrosion, crevice corrosion, inter-granular corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, as well as uniform corrosion can each conduce to catastrophic failures.
At CT&S we are equipped to evaluate the corrosion performance of your alloys simulating your corroding medium using electrochemical techniques to determine corrosion rate and type of corrosion attack. We also offer consulting services on metal corrosion and provide training to understand, prevent, and mitigate the detrimental effects of corrosion, as well as to learn about corrosion testing procedures. A state of the art low-cost corrosion instrument can be readily installed at your facility. See our CONTACT US page so we can best serve you.








303 stainless steel in NaCl-saturated aqueous solution corroding at 1.44 µm/year.