Service validation of corrosive wear synergy

Many laboratory studies have been conducted describing the synergistic effe cts of corrosion and wear. it is a more challenging endeavor to validate th e laboratory testing to real world service performance. This paper will att empt to document the field experience of stainless steels versus carbon ste els since work first published in 1984 and at the 1985 Wear of Materials Co nference. Measurement of the wear rates of large, industrial structures is difficult at best. While two of the presented case studies rely more on anecdotal evi dence than scientific data, the results are no less valid to the end user w ho takes on the risk of switching to a less known entity. The fact that mat erials were replaced with newer technology attests to the perceived validit y of the studies. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.