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                      FIGURE 6.17  Stainless-steel cavernous pits formed on S30400 stainless steel
                      following an intergranular corrosion attack. (Courtesy of Russ Green, TMI)



                      FIGURE 6.18                 Density      Size       Depth
                      Rating charts
                      that eliminate
                      tedious counting         1
                      of pitting sites.
                                                 2,500/m 2   0.5 mm 2     0.4 mm


                                               2
                                                 10,000/m 2  2.0 mm 2     0.8 mm


                                               3

                                                 50,000/m 2  8.0 mm 2     1.6 mm


                                               4
                                                100,000/m 2  12.5 mm 2    3.2 mm


                                               5

                                                500,000/m 2  24.5 mm 2    6.4 mm
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