Steam blanketing is when the heat flow balance is disturbed; individual bubbles join to form
a steam blanket, a condition known as Departure from Nucleate Boiling (DNB). Once a
steam blanket forms, tube rupture can occur rapidly, as a result of _________.
A 5Cr-1Mo piping system in the hydrogen unit shows significant internal wall loss after 2
years in service due to CO² corrosion. Which material would be best suited to use to install
a new pipe system?
SSC is a form of hydrogen stress cracking resulting from the absorption of atomic hydrogen
that is produced by the ______ corrosion process on the metal surface.