Duplex and Superduplex  stainless steels are objects of love and hate. We hate their prices, we love their corrosion performance and we hate the long complicated specifications that come along with them. Love them or hate them there are many applications that require the use of these ...
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Sour service corrosion basics, or how bad can one bad apple be… If you buy 20 barrels of apples and you only got one bad apple, well it can’t be that bad? May be it’s ok for apples, but that same proportion can be deadly when it comes to H2S; I know this might not be the best use of mathematical ...
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UPDATE: The information discussed here has been fully incorporated in the ANSI  / NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156 Rev 2015, make sure you read our blog about the changes in ANSI / NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156 The environmental limits for austenitic stainless steel 316L (UNS S31603) were updated in NACE MR0175 ...
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                          The term sour crude refers to any crude with sulphur content such that require special removal treatment. Although the term sour is defined in ISO 15156 / NACE MR0175 in ...
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