Acid Drum

Image Gallery

Report of composition analysis of barrel. Photo of failed barrel. Corroded lid of barrel. Optical metallograph showing intergranular attack. SEM image of corroded metal grains. Sketch of rolled barrel seam.

Readings

Callister, Section 17.7: Forms of Corrosion. pp. 643-645.

Chemical Analysis. (PDF)

Assignments

Please prepare a short presentation on the Acid Drum case and evidence.

Please prepare a short presentation on stainless steel and what defines it (chemically and physically). Also please know what boiling chips are and how they work.

Please prepare a short presentation on welding, the process what it is intended to do (no need to go into the methods or techniques).

Further Reading

"Calamities" column: The Case of the Acid Test