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Processing & Handling :: Engineering Materials

October 15, 2008

Feature Report: Part 2: Valves & Specialty Metal Materials

Advances in material science are minimizing the tradeoffs we face in material selection for valves

Dean Gambale, Tantaline

In corrosion applications where a typical valve material, such as stainless steel, doesn’t offer the corrosion protection that is needed, and polymer coatings are not feasible due to various processing conditions, specialty-metal materials should be considered....

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