At Corrosion Testing & Solutions, LLC (CT&S), we provide services on metal corrosion testing, corrosion training, and consulting for a wide range of industries. We test your materials in environments simulating your process conditions. Testing is done according to your needs and using accepted international standards, including ASTM. We also do customized corrosion testing according to your requirements. We can help you address issues related to material failures due to uniform corrosion, crevice corrosion, pitting corrosion, inter-granular corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, hydrogen entry and diffusion through metals, galvanic corrosion, or free corrosion. Examples of typical metal brittle fractures induced by hydrogen embrittlement from electrolytic or from corrosion reactions are shown in the adjacent figures.
In many industrial applications, selection of the proper metal alloy and its metallurgical condition is necessary to impact the material’s life. This is relevant for metal alloys used in corroding industrial or environmental mediums which require continuous monitoring. Signs of metal corrosion damage need a close evaluation to avoid failures. We can arrange a visit to your plant for a close study of the observed issues on site. Further evaluations can be done in our corrosion testing facility. We will provide you with an assessment report after completing our visit and the respective lab evaluation.
We also offer training on metal corrosion and can provide you an affordable state of the art benchtop corrosion testing equipment.
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Brittle fracture along the thickness of a Ti alloy plate, 500 µm thick, induced by hydrogen embrittlement due to hydrogen electrolytic cathodic charging for 3.8 hours at 15 mA/cm2 in 0.1N NaOH. No external load was applied during the cathodic charging at room tempearaure.
Stress corrosion cracking and brittle fracture induced by hydrogen from corrosion reactions in the welded zone of a stressed steel pipeline. The crack coalesced along the tape wrap tenting path where moisture likely collected to cause corrosion, hydrogen absorption, embrittlement and metal cracking .