Failure analysis of bank front boiler tubes

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 731-738

  Khajavi, M R ^a   Abdolmaleki, A R ^a   Adibi, N ^a   Mirfendereski, S ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boiler tube; Caustic corrosion; Failure analysis; Mechanism; Phosphate corrosion

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BOILER CORROSION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TUBE BOILERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BANK FRONT BOILER TUBES; CAUSTIC CORROSION; PHOSPHATE CORROSION; WATERSIDE CORROSION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

ALKALINITY; BOILER CORROSION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TUBE BOILERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846392918     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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