yeah, just how many is dere ya reccon?
.....it sure seems ta' be a mighty pop'lar name now don't it????
..."just another Doug" in New Yawk State
-the new "home" of hillary
>From: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
>Reply-To: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
>To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>CC: LAND-SPEED <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Titanium-Brake clean
>Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:12:46 -0800
>
>Doug, Thank you for your insight. Stuff I would never have thought of.
>I'm just building engines not nuclear reactors so I don't run into this
>too often. Thanks again
> one of the other dougs
>
>dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com wrote:
> >
> > doug- i believe the reason is a phenomenon known as chloride stress
> > corrosion cracking, and it is a concern in certain metals and alloys. it
>is
> > of a MAJOR concern in nuclear reactor systems. the stress corrosion
>occurs
> > because the more highly stressed grains of the metal or alloy are
>slightly
> > more anodic than neighboring grains and tend to react with the chlorine.
> > the resulting cracks usually propogate, often with extensive branching,
> > until failure occurs. - doug @ black radon engineering
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