Corrosion fatigue of critical aircraft components such as aluminum alloy landing gear parts can result in catastrophe. On a less vital scale, the packaging industry can tolerate only minute amounts of pitting corrosion in beverage cans. Such examples of the diverse problems associated with corrosion

Corrosion failures of industrial components are commonly associated with welding. The reasons are many and varied. For example, welding may reduce the resistance to corrosion and environmentally assisted cracking by altering composition and microstructure, modifying mechanical properties, introducing residual stress, and creating physical defects. This book details the many forms of weld corrosion and the methods used to minimize weld corrosion. Chapters on specific alloys groupsucarbon and alloy steels, stainless steels, high-nickel alloys, and nonferrous alloysudescribe both general welding...

This selection guide will help engineers and technicians choose optimum surface hardening treatments for a given application. Emphasis is on characteristics such as processing temperature, case/coating thickness, bond strength, and hardness level obtained. The advantages and limitations of various s