TY - SER AU - Pimenta,G. TI - Erosion-corrosion failure of a spiral heat exchanger PY - 2007/// CY - PB - N2 - This article discusses a failure on a type 316 stainless steel (UNS316000) spiral heat exchanger. The failure occurred just five months after the equipmet had been put into service. The study showed that degradation occurred from erosion-corrosion in the vicinity of the spacers between the metal sheets ER -