Introduction to Stress Corrosion Cracking
This new SI Webinar discusses the fundamentals of stress corrosion cracking (SCC), exploring ductile v.s. SCC failures, SCC initiation v.s. growth, SCC specimens and testing, and SCC in LWRs.
Presented on: September 30, 2009
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About the Instructor
Barry Gordon, PE has a MS in Metallurgy and Material Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and is also a Corrosion Specialist (NACE). Gordon has over 35 years of experience in materials corrosion behavior in nuclear power plant environments, and in fact developed and qualified hydrogen water chemistry (HWC) and co-patented zinc injection for stress corrosion cracking mitigation in BWRs. He is also an adjunct professor at the Colorado School of Mines.