Talk:Cupronickel

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[edit] Cupronickel is used widely in the chemical and refinery plant environments.

Cupronickel is used widely in the chemical and refinery plant environments. There the benifits of its' metallurgic properties as well as its inherent characteristics to resist corrosion and piping/ vessel failure is a godsend. This is an absolute must when failure could have explosive, pyroforic, and /or other similar affects. Its' use is a godsend in safety of personnel and protection of environment as well as equipment. The loss of life is immeasurable in value. The loss of equipment could be from hundreds of thousands of US dollars upwards to millions of US dollars. And the loss or environmental impact couldn't be measured for possibly years. However at minimum, this would present numerous environmental impacts to all surrounding communities if the weather conditions were right. So even though the initial cost of its purchase is higher than that of stainless steel, it's worth every penny and more when you start to figure up the negative impacts of use without it. Some of the areas of frequent useage are: highly corrosive/ acidic process environments. Examples of which are Silicone Tetrafluoride and Acetic Acid 99.999% purity. Mon10a84 09:04, 19 October 2006 (UTC)