For this Case Study, I examine a section of steel pipework which was used within a steam boiler system, and had developed a leak.

I was hired by this client to evaluate the corrosivity of their product against steel and aluminium, in accordance with given test methods. Matchbox sized coupons of steel and aluminium were prepared by cleaning them mechanically and chemically, before they were immersed in the flame retardant liquid for 30 days.