Off to SLC for NACE!

Hello again! I'm going to apologize for the lack of formatting! I'm posting from my iPad and for some reason, the carriage returns don't work! Well, me, my computer, iPad and iPhone are headed off to the beautiful Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City Utah. I'll be joining friends and colleagues, doing our best to arrest corrosion in it's tracks! Or at least be able to predict when and where it is likely to occur... you know... whatever works best! Knowing your metals is crucial to understanding metal corrosion. Of course, there are the obvious examples; you don't try to store corrosive materials in vessels that will react to the contents, but there are other, more insidious things lurking about that can cause corrosion, and failure (and heartache, and job loss, and injury, and contamination... Ok, waxing dramatic, but it's still true!) so even before detecting corrosion, knowing that you COULD have a problem is a invaluable first-step to making sure it never happens in the first place! A problem seen in some piping systems is a phenomenon called Flow Accelerated Corrosion, or FAC. I will be demonstrating an instrument in SLC that is designed to measure the chrome in piping components and report on the likelihood that FAC will be a problem in that part. Chrome is a major element in making iron based alloys resistant to corrosion... that's why it's on the steel grilles, wheels and bumpers of older cars (well, and to look cool and shiny and stuff too...)and it performs a similar function in the metal of pipes and valves (the corrosion protection, not the cool, shiny stuff) but ONLY IF there is enough of it! By analyzing the chemistry of the metal in a pipe, and determining the amount of chrome it contains, you can tell how likely the part is to experience this type of corrosion. All very fancy, I know! So if you are in SLC and want to see this kind of stuff, drop me a line here (Verichek@me.com) and I'll sneak you in under my jacket... Or i could email you a pass you can print out so you can come see us at booth 1818... You choose... See you there! Walter