References

Contacts:

During the course of the investigation many people were consulted. Below are a few that were
helpful and are willing to discuss the issue:

Cylinder Valve Manufacturers:

Cavagna North America, Inc.

David Ellis
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
dellis@Cavagna.com

Ceodeux, Inc.
William Hald
Technical Sales/Key Account Manager
hald.william@ceodeux.com

Sherwood Valve
Mike Devitt
Market Segment Manager
Compressed Gas, High Purity & Life/Medical
MDevitt@sherwoodvalve.com

Oxygen Risk Assessment Consultant:

Wendell Hull & Associates, Inc.

Dr. Gwenael Chiffoleau, BEng. Mech and Space, PhD.
gwenael@wendellhull.com

Shelter Manufacturers:

A.L.LeeCorp(leonard@alleecorp.com)
Carbonoks(garymidkiff@carbonoks.com)or(greggodbey@carbonoks.com)
Chembio(ed@chembioshelter.com)or(stock.j@chembioshelter.com)
DraegerSafety(pam.kristian@draeger.com)
JackKennedyMetalProducts&Buildings(billkennedy@kennedymetal.com)
MineArcSystems(james.rau@minearc.com)or(leslie.king@minearc.com)
MineShieldLLC(hendrenconnie@yahoo.com)
ModernMineSafety&Supply(lynnsitterud@yahoo.com)
StrataProducts(wshoff@stratasafety.com)
TrinityResources(jack@trinityresourceswv.com)
Books:

Corrosion Basics: An Introduction 2nd Edition, by Pierre R. Roberge, 2006 by NACE Press
Book: 7" x 10", hardbound, 364 pages, 77 tables, 292 figures hardbound, ISBN: 1-57590-198-0

Corrosion Engineering: Principles and Practice by Pierre R. Roberge, McGraw-Hill;

Publication Date: March 30 2008; ISBN-10-0071482431; ISBN-13-978-0071482431; 754 pages

Corrosion Inspection and Monitoring by Pierre R. Roberge, John Wiley & Sons; Publication
Date: February 2007, ISBN: 0-471-74248-1, Hardcover, 392 pages

Publications:

The published literature on Stress Corrosion Cracking is large and that related to brass is often
embedded with much larger texts. Care must be taken to ensure the material is reviewed with the
application of brass in mind. The following publications and their links, in no particular order,
were found to be helpful in understanding the issue:

Metallurgical Failure Analysis: Techniques and Case Studies,

http://www.ludwigassociatesltd.com/Failure_Analysis.pdf

Basics Of Corrosion - Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC),

www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/stress_corrosion_cracking_basics.pdf

Corrosion control checklist,

http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/Checklist_for_corrosion_control.pdf

Fundamentals of Metallic Corrosion in Fresh Water,

www.roscoemoss.com/tech_manuals/fmcf/fmcf.pdf

Corrosion Resistance of Electric Wire Terminals Used in Harsh Industrial

Environments,
http://samplecode.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/wp/1492-
wp003_-en-p.pdf

Environment-Induced Cracking of Cooper Alloys, National Association of Corrosion

Engineers, http://www.stormingmedia.us/43/4388/A438822.html

Dissolution of Copper in Chloride/Ammonia Mixtures and the Implications for the

Stress Corrosion Cracking of Copper Containers,
http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/31/030/31030403.pdf

Dezincification Resistant Brass,

http://www.copperinfo.co.uk/alloys/brass/downloads/is-36-dezincification-resistant-
brass.pdf
 Corrosion Resistance of Copper and Copper Alloys,
http://www.copperinfo.co.uk/publications-and-software/downloads/pub-106-corrosion-
resistance-of-copper-and-copper-alloys.pdf

Ammonia and Mercury Stress-cracking Tests for Brass,

www.aimehq.org/library/books/Symposium%20on%20Stress.../007.pdf

A Note on the Dezincification of Brass and the Inhibiting Effect of Elemental

Additions, www.copper.org/applications/rodbar/pdf/7013.pdf

Properties and Machinability of C69300 -Green DotRod,

https://www.chasebrass.com/productline/pressreleases/GreenDotRodData.pdf
Alloy CuZn37, www.matthey.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/.../EN/CuZn37.pdf

Failure Analysis of Brass Bolt,

www.reitzmetallurgy.com/downloads/Aug05CaseHistoryReitz.pdf

Report on the Corrosion of Certain Alloys,

www.epa.gov/tri/lawsandregs/alloys/alloysreport.pdf

Stress Corrosion Cracking, www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/stress.pdf

Stress Corrosion Cracking for Engineers,

http://canteach.candu.org/library/20053209.pdf

Selective Leaching, http://canteach.candu.org/library/20053208.pdf

What is Corrosion, http://canteach.candu.org/library/20053201.pdf

Evaluation of stress corrosion cracks in metals by linear and nonlinear ultrasound,

http://www.acoustics.asn.au/conference_proceedings/ICA2010/cdrom-
ICA2010/papers/p473.pdf

Stress Corrosion Cracking, Metallurgical Associates,

www.metassoc.com/pdf/MAI_Minutes-6_05.pdf