corrosion
Example Sentences
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Methanol helps prevent freezing and the accumulation of solid hydrates that can plug gas-compression equipment and limit pipeline flow, and it acts as a solvent and corrosion inhibitor.
Why it collapsed is still under investigation but it had been previously cited for various structural defects, including signs of corrosion in concrete called “spalling.”
From Seattle Times
U.S. safety regulators say in documents posted Thursday that salt can accumulate and cause corrosion, and the rear trailing arm can detach.
From Seattle Times
But I also believe America can never begin to move on from this sordid era of criminality, corrosion of democracy and trashing of the rule of law until Trump is held criminally accountable.
From Salon
This includes the Penly 1 reactor which was discovered to have new stress corrosion cracks earlier this month.
From Reuters
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