Course info 17 September 2026 | 9:00am – 4:30pmNMC Venue, West Bromwich£695 + VAT per delegate Register Boiler component failures can have serious consequences…
This week, we’re celebrating the apprentices who make a real difference for National Apprenticeship Week! Kurtis Russ is a perfect example. He approaches every…
Huge congratulations to our very own Rachael Piper, who won the Newport & Cardiff Materials Society (NCMS) Young Persons Lecture Competition 2026! An outstanding…
Delivering accurate and reliable results in composite materials testing requires both technical understanding and practical application. That’s why collaborative training plays an important role…
Sigma phase embrittlement affects stainless steels and nickel-iron alloys when exposed to elevated temperatures, typically between 540°C and 925°C. During this exposure, sigma phase…
Polythionic Acid Stress Corrosion Cracking (PASCC) is a form of intergranular cracking that affects austenitic alloys in environments containing sulphur compounds, particularly during shutdown…
Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is a well-documented failure mechanism in brass water fittings and remains a significant concern in plumbing systems. In severe cases,…
Thermal fatigue is a degradation process that occurs in materials subjected to cyclic thermal loading, often in environments where components experience rapid or repeated…
Stainless steels acquire their “stainless” characteristic when the chromium content exceeds 10.5%. Above this level, a protective chromium oxide layer is formed, known as…
Temper embrittlement is a type of brittle failure that can occur in steels, particularly in low alloy steels, when they are exposed to certain…
Caustic embrittlement is a form of material degradation that primarily affects metals and their alloys, particularly in environments exposed to concentrated caustic solutions (alkaline…
Austenitic stainless steels like 304 and 316 are used largely used for their excellent corrosion resistance. These materials contain more than 10.5% chromium which…
Our series continues, describing some of the most interesting and obscure failure mechanisms that we have encountered through our failure investigation work at R-TECH.…
Boiler failures on vessels at sea can have significant, far-reaching implications, affecting everything from the vessel’s operational capabilities to the safety of its crew…
The majority of our materials investigations involve removing components from service and their subsequent destructive testing. But what do we do when a component…
This month we continue our series on failure mechanisms looking at the impact of operating at high temperature on materials properties. Creep is the…
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