Stress corrosion cracking in fuel ethanol: A recently recognized phenomenon

Materials Performance

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 50-55

  Kane, Russell D ^a,d   Sridhar, Narasi ^b,d   Brongers, Michiel P ^c,d,e   Beavers, John A ^c,d   Agrawal, Arun K ^c   Klein, Leigh J ^d,f  

^a HONEYWELL   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CC Technologies Laboratories   (United States)

^d BP Cherry Point Refinery ^*  (United States)

^e CC Technologies USA   (United States)

^f API GRE Subcommittee on Corrosion

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION DATA; FUEL ETHANOL; LABORATORY RESEARCH;

ETHANOL; FUELS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; STEEL METALLURGY; TENSILE STRESS;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 30344456747     PISSN: 00941492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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