Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 376
e steel before it was exposed to caustic action. This harmful agentseems to limit its efforts to forcing the steel apart along a single lineof cleavage, leaving the metal on either side of this crack unchanged. In appearance an embrittlement crack reminds one of the workof some expert engraver who,… … The destructive ijcork of caustic embrittlement is plainly evident in thissteam drum of a water tube boiler. Removal of the strap after a Hartfordinspector had discovered symptoms of embrittlement disclosed a crack extend-ing through 2j rivet holes. Two other boilers in the plant zvere found…
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