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Power Industry Applications

1. Steam Turbine Operating Conditions, Chemistry of Condensates, and Environment Assisted Cracking - A Critical Review
   S Zhou and A Turnbull
   (Download file size 1.28 MB)
   
   
2. Effect of Oxygen and Chloride on Pitting and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Steam Turbine Disc Steel
   S Zhou and A Turnbull
   (Download file size 1.07 MB)
   
   
3. Pitting and Cracking of a Steam Turbine Disc Steel in Our-of-Specification Water Chemistry
   S Zhou and A Turnbull
   (Download file size 149 KB)

Oil Industry Applications

1. Methodology for determining the resistance of welded corrosion resistant alloys to stress corrosion using the four-point bend method
   A Turnbull and W Nimmo
   (Download file size 135 KB)
   
   
2. Assessment of the Role of the Acetic Acid/Acetate Buffer in Corrosion/Stress Corrosion Testing of Modified 13 Cr Stainless Steels and Carbon Steels
   A Griffiths and A Turnbull
   (Download file size 278 KB)
   
   
3. Issues in Four-Point Bend Testing for Assessing Stress Corrosion Cracking Susceptibility of Welds
   W Nimmo, A Griffiths, L E Crocker, R M Shaw and A Turnbull
   (Download file size 537 KB)
   
   
4. Stress Corrosion Cracking of Duplex Stainless Steels in Concentrated Brines - A Critique of Testing
   A Turnbull
   (Download file size 597 KB)

Research into the Corrosion of Welded Materials

Research is carried out with the support of the DTI and collaborative groups of industrial sponsors. Reports from recent projects and information on current projects are accessible using the links below:

1. Report on the assessment of the corrosion susceptibility of carbon steel welds
   
   
2. Paper on the measurement of the corrosion susceptibility of welds in stainless steel
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3. A review of corrosion test methods related to welds
   (Download file size 861 KB)
   
   
4. A review of corrosion and cracking of weldable 13 Cr Martensitic stainless steels
   (Download file size 1.58 MB)
   
   
5. Guide to use of the galvanostatic method
   (Download file size 214 KB)
   
   
6. Report on issues affecting 4 point bend testing of welded materials
   (Download file size 343 KB)