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Plumbing Failure Analysis

June 7, 2011 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Northern California failure analysis expert often performs plumbing failure analysis. In this case, the corrosion expert examines plumbing in numerous houses that were plugged due to brass dezincification of yellow brass. In this case, the zinc in the copper-zinc alloy corrodes selectively and this leaves a white deposit on the interior of the pipe. The […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Brass Dezincification, copper-zinc alloy, Corrosion

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