Inform industry about rapid creep cavitation fractures in stainless steel
Flixborough Inquiry · Flixborough Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 11 April 1975
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Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Creep cavitation fractures in stainless steel have been known for some time but previously it had not been generally known that these could, under appropriate conditions of stress and temperature be produced in a relatively short time. Such a fracture can be produced in a matter of minutes by a small fierce fire. (See Appendix II). Again the attention of industry should be drawn to this phenomenon.
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