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The story of Flint, Michigan's leadtainted drinking water problem in 2015 brought the issue of water pipe corrosion to the front and center of public awareness. Water can be corrosive to most metals. It's not necessarily pure water that is corrosive, but water that contains impurities such as chlorides, dissolved gases, dissolved minerals, and other dissolved or suspended solids. The water's chemistry, pH, temperature, and flow rate, as well as the presence of microorganisms, all contribute to its corrosiveness. It's not only drinking water distribution systems that are impacted by corrosive water. Cooling water systems, which are used extensively in power generation, manufacturing, marine vessels, refining, desalination, and other industrial applications, also process this natural resource and can be affected by corrosive water. Quite a bit flows through thermoelectric...