March 2024 Program: Corrosion Fundamentals and Swagelok Corrosion Resistant Alloys

Corrosion Fundamentals and Swagelok Corrosion Resistant Alloys

Buddy Damm

Location: Virtual – Microsoft Teams

Thursday, March 14, 2024

12 PM to 1 PM

Overview

  *   Corrosion Fundamentals

     *   Electrochemical reactions overview

     *   General and galvanic corrosion

     *   Localized corrosion – pitting and crevice corrosion

     *   Stress assisted corrosion – SCC, SSC, Corrosion fatigue

  *   Swagelok CRAs – Properties and performance

     *   Austenitic stainless steels

     *   Solid solution nickel alloys

     *   High strength CRAs – Iron and nickel based

Buddy Damm

Sr. Scientist – Metallurgy

Swagelok

  *   BS, MS, Ph.D. – Metallurgical Engineering – Michigan Tech and Colorado School of Mines

  *   30 years experience in metallurgical process and product development, technical management and customer relations

  *   Personal – Wife (science teacher) and 2 adult children. Wood working, soccer, skiing, sailing and continuous education

  *   Metallurgical Expertise – Alloy design and selection, processing, microstructure evolution, fatigue and fracture

  *   Market Expertise – O&G, Semi, Clean Energy, Gen. Industrial