NIST/CSM Sensor Could Help Avert Pipeline Failures

Friday, October 3, 2008 - 13:21 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Colorado School of Mines (CSM) have developed a prototype sensor that quickly detects very small amounts of hydrogen accumulation in coated pipeline steel. The new sensor could provide early warning of pipes that have accumulated excessive amounts of hydrogen -- a notorious source of embrittlement—and avert potentially disastrous failures of pipelines carrying hydrogen fuel.

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