Corrosion On Steel Alloy Samples (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Corrosion On Steel Alloy Samples

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These are optical micrographs of severe corrosion on steel alloy samples exposed to ethanol and acetic acid vapors -- conditions typical of underground gas storage tanks -- after 355 hours, 643 hours, and 932 hours.

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