Abstrqc, Siace rcliebilb of at eqtipmew ar couqronenl is inlrrerrced th.ongh a pmdact tife cycla u.s a ,esrt, of dcrciencies occarirrg in deslgn, paodxcliol ot dae lo etTeraal tsetors (end-environrrreals). fhe ellect of pitlinS eo.rosiort on reliqbilr, of differer to$' alla! steels, atd e*bon slcel allols are ertin ared in lhit stzd! so os ro notice the foilures tlrat n a! resrtll ih the end ervi.orrment. Resatts sho , ,hal the reliqbw decreaset drasralicalb ss pi, densily an.l average pi,

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... ino"ase, for aII thr 3t dizd alt4$, i1 o pay ,hat lh? atllrls ,nr* ,o non-uselbt lrom reliabili4, point of ticto. Retiobw h lers efleLred ty lhe cofiNion fik o! t*e telatire otloy. bdter dtsclibe pitting eorrosion ralher ahan the cofiasion .sre.