Chapter 28. Materials of Construction (Including Insulation)
Lay not up for yourself treasure upon earth: where the rust and moth doth corrupt.—Book of Common Prayer
At school we all knew people who were often present when there was any trouble but they were rarely identified as the major culprit. In preparing the index for the 4th edition of my book, What Went Wrong—Case Histories of Process Plant Disasters (now revised as Part A of this book), I was surprised to find that certain words appeared, often as secondary or incidental causes, much more often than I expected. I expected to find (and did find) frequent references to fires, explosion, pumps, tanks, modifications, and maintenance, but I was surprised how many references there were to ...
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