Corrosion 

Corrosion is a major cause of material degradation, equipment failure, and unplanned downtime. Alabama Metallurgical Consulting provides independent corrosion analysis focused on identifying corrosion mechanisms, contributing factors, and effective mitigation strategies.

Experience includes corrosion affecting carbon steels, low-alloy steels, stainless steels, and corrosion-resistant alloys across a wide range of service environments, including oilfield applications.

Evaluations address uniform and localized corrosion, galvanic corrosion, erosion-corrosion, and environmentally assisted cracking, with consideration of material selection, service environment, operating conditions, and maintenance history.

Services also include support for corrosion testing, evaluation of mitigation practices such as coatings, cathodic protection, chemical inhibition, and material upgrades, and review of inspection data, operating records, and laboratory findings to assess effectiveness and compliance with applicable standards.