What is the effect of mercury contamination in stainless steel?
What is the effect of mercury contamination in stainless steel?
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I see a lot of requests for mercury free stainless steel? What are the effects of having a small amount of mercury contamination in stainless steel? Does it affect the welding properties?
Thanks.
Thanks.
RE: What is the effect of mercury contamination in stainless steel?
• What kind of grades?
• Who is the end user Market? Critical or nor Stainless Steel Nuclear or power part is different form basic part?
• Is there any specification provided by your customers?
Stan
RE: What is the effect of mercury contamination in stainless steel?
RE: What is the effect of mercury contamination in stainless steel?
Surface contamination can be very large though. Welding of surface contaminated SS will not only release a lot of Hg vapor (toxic) but will also likely suffer from LME cracking of welds.
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RE: What is the effect of mercury contamination in stainless steel?
RE: What is the effect of mercury contamination in stainless steel?
RE: What is the effect of mercury contamination in stainless steel?
RE: What is the effect of mercury contamination in stainless steel?
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RE: What is the effect of mercury contamination in stainless steel?
Arunmrao is right about cast stainless and it could have contamination if it were only arc furnace or induction melted, without subsequent refining.
Michael McGuire
http://stainlesssteelforengineers.blogspot.com/