Hi all!
I'm in the process of selecting a stainless steel material for subsea use, the material will act as a housing for electroning components.
This equipment shall be able to stay submerged for 15years.
Wrt. preventing water diffusing into the equipment, what are the key parameters when selecting a material with low diffusion rates?
e.g. I imagine that selecting an ausentic alloy is beneficial due to a FCC structure (atomic packing = 0.74), is this a good start? are there other parameters that are more critical?
Thank you!
Regards
siggi
I'm in the process of selecting a stainless steel material for subsea use, the material will act as a housing for electroning components.
This equipment shall be able to stay submerged for 15years.
Wrt. preventing water diffusing into the equipment, what are the key parameters when selecting a material with low diffusion rates?
e.g. I imagine that selecting an ausentic alloy is beneficial due to a FCC structure (atomic packing = 0.74), is this a good start? are there other parameters that are more critical?
Thank you!
Regards
siggi