{"id":592,"date":"2017-01-23T22:23:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T22:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/?p=592"},"modified":"2017-01-25T20:40:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T20:40:19","slug":"graphitic-corrosion-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/?p=592","title":{"rendered":"Graphitic Corrosion Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were asked to determine the mechanism and possible causes of corrosion of a cast iron sanitary sewer pipe. Metallurgical testing and EDS\u00a0analysis pointed to graphitic corrosion. With graphitic corrosion\u00a0there is no reduction in the size or shape of the\u00a0pipe but the strength of the material is severely reduced.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_594\" style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cross-section_10_-07-5X.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594\" class=\"wp-image-594\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cross-section_10_-07-5X-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cross section of vent pipe.\" width=\"184\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cross section of vent pipe.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/case-studies-list\/graphitic-corrosion\/\">Vent Pipe case study <\/a>explains in more detail how this type of corrosion mechanism is identified, causes and our recommendations to the client.<\/p>\n<p>All of the case studies on our website come\u00a0from our files. They have been edited to\u00a0present a more casual writing style than our formal reports, but generally they follow\u00a0the structure of our reports and give an overview of the findings and conclusions from an investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were asked to determine the mechanism and possible causes of corrosion of a cast iron sanitary sewer pipe. Metallurgical testing and EDS\u00a0analysis pointed to graphitic corrosion. With graphitic corrosion\u00a0there is no reduction in the size or shape of the\u00a0pipe but the strength of the material is severely reduced. 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