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Failure of metals, coatings, and coated metals

Pair O Docs® Professionals takes failure analysis from beginning-to-end and determines what caused the failure, if corrosion was involved in the failure; how the corrosion initiated, and how the corrosion can be prevented from reoccurring.  Dr. Steve Tait has investigated aerosol and food container failures, and chemical processing equipment failures for over 30 years. 

Microbial induced corrosion	Perforated aerosol container	Corroded brass water pump

Our network of affiliate laboratories provides Pair O Docs® with access to state-of-the-art equipment in addition to our own microscopy and state-of-the-art electrochemical laboratory.  Pair O Docs® has access to methods such as:

	Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
	Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR),
	X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS or ESCA) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES)
	Polymer thermal analysis methods, such as DSC or TGA
	Gel Permeation Chromatography, and so on