Placing certain metal parts in contact with other metal parts can rapidly accelerate rust and corrosion. Ultimately, any metal or metallic compound is subject to corrosion at a greater or lesser rate, ...
A 1998 EPRI study, released in October of 2001, estimated the cost of corrosion in 1998 to steam generating facilities alone at $5.37 billion. The study, EPRI Report 1004662, also concluded that 22 ...
Corrosion can have financial consequences. In the United States corrosion causes yearly losses of $47.9 billion in the utility industry, $29.7 billion in the transportation industry, $22.6 billion in ...