corrosive environment

collocation in English

meaningsofcorrosiveandenvironment

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corrosive
adjective
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/kəˈrəʊ.sɪv/us
/kəˈroʊ.sɪv/
A corrosive substance causes damage by ...
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environment
noun
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/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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The inside of the mine is acorrosiveenvironment.
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The chemical resistance of glass can allow it to remain in acorrosiveenvironmentfor many thousands and even millions of years.
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Corrosion fatigue is what happens when a cyclically stressed structure is subjected to acorrosiveenvironmentat the same time.
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This produces acorrosiveenvironmentof dense saline fog in the chamber so that parts exposed in it are subjected to severely corrosive conditions.
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Buried plant can be exposed to the samecorrosiveenvironmentas underground plant.
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The polymer film acts as a physical barrier between the steel substrate and thecorrosiveenvironmentsuch as atmosphere, water and soil.
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Its affinity for oxygen forms a thin stable oxide coat, a passivation layer which prevents further oxidation and provides inertness tocorrosiveenvironment.
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The lower stress-intensity regions are not affected, and the threshold stress-intensity range for fatigue-crack propagation is unchanged in thecorrosiveenvironment.
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The unit tends to be more self-contained, protecting the machinery from thecorrosiveenvironmentfound on boats.
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However, this kind of coating is very prone to scratching, and degrades, especially in acorrosiveenvironmentlike salt water.
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Geonet decided not to have it removed, assuming it was a plastic toy and would not survive long in thecorrosiveenvironment.
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The committee concluded that the deterioration of iron water mains was worrying, with the possibility that the high failure of pipes in corrosive environments was likely to go even higher.
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In more corrosive environments (such as salt water), cadmium plating is preferred.
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This passive film protects the metal from corrosive environments.
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Common replacement materials are low alloy steels containing chromium and molybdenum, with stainless steels containing more chromium dealing with more corrosive environments.
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Similarly, in wet or corrosive environments, electrical equipment may be separated in a room that can be protected from the atmospheric conditions.
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The effects of corrosive environments on the fatigue behavior of metals were studied as early as 1930.
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However, large-scale thermochemical production will require significant advances in materials that can withstand high-temperature, high-pressure, highly corrosive environments.
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However, carbon steel is not suitable for highly corrosive environments; stainless steel would be a more viable option.
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Some of their applications include tools to work metals at high temperatures, wire filaments, casting molds, and chemical reaction vessels in corrosive environments.
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