Article: CORRODED PIPE LED TO FATAL LEAK OF CAUSTIC CHEMICALS.(News)

A corroded pipe ruptured at an elbow junction, releasing caustic chemicals that killed two workers at a silicon plant last month, officials said yesterday.

``The 6-inch carbon steel pipe gave way because of a localized erosion-corrosion process,'' Advanced Silicon Materials Inc. President Michael Kerschen said in a release. ``This process caused an elbow within the pressurized pipeline to ...

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