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An Introduction
Corrosion Engineering
ChE 291
Stainless steel
Aluminum alloy
Copper
Hip/knee replacements,
arterial stents, surgical
plates/screws/wires
December 15, 1967 Collapse of Silver Bridge connecting Ohio and West Virginia over
the Ohio River; 46 people lost their lives.
Cause of collapse was stress-corrosion cracking (SCC)