• Lack of engineer knowledge about materials selection. Engineers and managers are busier than ever. Many materials are selected just by referencing a chart (bad) or by choosing what’s on hand (even worse) and then a wide variety of materials are often connected together without regard for galvanic corrosion (the battery effect of connecting two different materials) or many other forms of corrosion.
• Many forms of corrosion – there are at least 7 major forms of corrosion and numerous sub-types.
• Counterfeit materials – huge market for complex and simple components, even specific parts and circuit boards – G2MT Labs provides testing services for materials qualification: including both traditional techniques and unique new G2MT processes to characterize the actual materials properties non-destructively to ensure total quality.
• Recycling: recycling adds impurities and elements that aren’t normally present in pure materials.
• Old codes are hard to change.
• Most big industries are very risk averse: Nuclear, energy, aerospace, oil and gas, etc.
• G2MT Labs is at the frontier of corrosion test development by producing new testing practices and guidelines that will more accurately assess likely field conditions.
• Why are the field conditions so important to properly testing corrosion?  What exactly is corrosion costing? What are some of the ways to save on the overall cost of corrosion and corrosion testing?
• Corrosion can be defined as, a chemical or electro-chemical reaction between a material, usually a metal, and its environment that produces a deterioration of the material and its properties.
• When corrosion is discussed here in this page, it is important to think of a combination of a material and an environment. The corrosion behavior of a material cannot be described unless the environment in which the material is to be exposed is identified. Similarly, the corrosivity or aggressiveness of an environment cannot be described unless the material that is to be exposed to that environment is identified.
• The corrosion behavior of the material depends on the environment to which it is subjected, and the corrosivity of an environment depends on the material exposed to that environment. What direct types of affects corrosion has in our daily lives are both direct, in that corrosion affects the useful service lives of our possessions, and indirect, in that producers and suppliers of goods and services incur corrosion costs, which they pass on to consumers. We all are paying the cost for corrosion, and there is little we can do.
• Our main focus here is what can be done about corrosion and what can be done to minimize the cost of corrosion control? The costs of corrosion control are straightforward, as are the technical support (engineering, research and development, and testing) costs associated with corrosion.
• The fact remains, all materials in industrial applications are always being pushed to the limits of their capabilities, and often beyond. To determine how long materials can last in the challenging conditions they will encounter in the field, many materials are used in corrosion tests according to industry guidelines or government standards that were often developed decades ago.
• This is where G2MT Labs can help, because G2MT Labs is at the frontier of corrosion test development by producing new testing practices and guidelines that will more accurately assess likely field conditions.
• Many of the current corrosion testing practices are less than optimal for simulating the actual field conditions. Ultimately the results from these misleading tests may contribute to the many premature failures and shutdowns that lead to the one trillion dollar annual cost of corrosion in the U.S. in 2011.
• G2MT Labs is a premier materials testing and inspection company, combining cutting-edge technology with top-notch expertise to provide services that offer deep insight into materials. These services run the gamut from laboratory metallurgical, mechanical, and corrosion testing to field inspection and nondestructive testing.
• Again, since G2MT Labs is at the frontier of corrosion test development by producing new testing practices and guidelines that will more accurately assess likely field conditions, we are here to HELP.

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