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(this definition implies that not only the deterioration of metals but that of
wood;ceramics;plastics;etc.can be included in the term corrosion)
It's the inability of a material to fulfill all aspects of the application for which
it was selected.
-Improper desing
7.Why is it important a visual examination of materials which have failed in
service?
_Intergranular corrision
-Erosion-corrosion
Check your choice with materials suppliers, which usually give a good advice
because abad application of their products may result in damagind
publicity.
-Orientations of grains
-Grain boundaries
-Surface roughness
-Difference in shape
-Differential strain
-Differential aeration
-Differential heating
_Differential illumination
-Differential agitation
-Complex cells.
Galvanic corrosion may occur even when similarmetals are involved due to
differences in physical state or difference in composition of the environment
adjacent to certain areas of the metal system.