Technical Articles

Association for Materials Protection and Performance has published these technical articles:

Corrosion Basics: Engineering Materials
(Trade and Standards Organizations)
From this Article:
A large variety of materials, ranging from platinum to concrete, is used by engineers to construct bridges, vehicles, process plant equipment, pipelines, and power plants....
Interlaboratory Testing to Assess Repeatability and Reproducibility of the Double Loop Electrochemical Potentiokinetic Reactivation (DL-EPR) Tests for Type 304H Stainless Steels
(Trade and Standards Organizations)
From this Article:
The working group within the ASTM G01.11 subcommittee developed an interlaboratory testing plan to evaluate the repeatability and reproducibility of the DL test method. The objective of the current...
MIT Researchers Find Superior Way to Design Metal Alloys
(Trade and Standards Organizations)
From this Article:
Researchers have found a new way to predict the properties of metal alloys based on reactions at the boundaries between the crystalline grains of the primary metal. In this image, the colored dots...
On the Mechanism of Cathodic Protection and Its Implications on Criteria Including AC and DC Interference Conditions
(Trade and Standards Organizations)
From this Article:
In recent years, a wide agreement with respect to the processes associated with cathodic protection (CP) has been reached within the CP industry. The increase of the pH value at the steel surface and...
Why Owners Should Employ an Inspection Firm for Industrial Coatings Projects
(Trade and Standards Organizations)
From this Article:
Corrosion is everywhere. We see it every day in our commute to work, when we travel, and even on a vacation. Our infrastructure is under attack and the hard reality is that facilities and...