{"id":166,"date":"2015-08-12T21:22:05","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T21:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2015-08-12T21:22:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T21:22:05","slug":"carburization-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Carburization &#8211; Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/case-studies-list\/perforated-plate-failure\/\">new case study<\/a> has been added to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\">website<\/a>. We were asked to\u00a0investigate\u00a0the failure of perforated steel plates from a gas-fired boiler. \u00a0Initial macroscopic examination\u00a0\u00a0was consistent with a corrosion fatigue mechanism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Carburization-Failure-As-Rec1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-171 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Carburization-Failure-As-Rec1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Stainless steel perforated plate\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Carburization-Failure-As-Rec1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Carburization-Failure-As-Rec1.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further\u00a0examination using a metallographic light microscope revealed an unusually high concentration of carbides that became more concentrated in a gradient toward the original outer surfaces of the plates. 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