PUBLICATIONS

Journal and Other Refereed Papers

Preet M. Singh and Jamshad Mahmood, Stress corrosion cracking of 304L stainless steel in sodium sulfide containing caustic solutions, Corrosion, Vol. 59, No. 10, pp843-8502003

Gustaf Bäck and Preet M. Singh, Susceptibility of Stainless Steel Alloys to Crevice Corrosion in Chlorine Dioxide Bleach Plants. Submitted to Corrosion Science, 2003

Preet M. Singh and Safaa J. Al-Hassan, Corrosion in Lower Furnace of Kraft Recovery Boilers-In-situ Characterization of Corrosive Environments, TAPPI Journal. Vol. 87, No. 2, 2003

Andrew Colburn and Preet M. Singh, Degradation of Refractory Materials in Molten Salts of Black Liquor Gasifiers, Submitted to Scripta Metall et Mat. 2003

Jorge J. Perdomo, Preet M. Singh, Julian Oteng, Stress Corrosion Cracking and Corrosion Fatigue of Duplex Stainless Steels in White Water Environments, Submitted to Corrosion, 2002

Jorge J. Perdomo, Preet M. Singh, Pablo Conde, Steve, J. Pawel, Feasibility of Electrochemical Noise (ECN) Measurements in Kraft Pulping Liquors. Submitted to Corrosion, 2002

Jorge J. Perdomo and Preet M. Singh, Electrochemical Noise (ECN) Measurements as a Corrosion Monitoring Tool. Corrosion Reviews, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp 360-378, 2002.

Camille Y. Jones, Gang Chen, Sheng Dai and Preet M. Singh, Solubility in the NaOH-Na2CO3-Na2SO4-Na2SO3-Na2S2O3-Na2S-H2O System, a Simulated Black Liquor Recovery Boiler Smelt, In Press: Ind. Engr. Chem. Res. December 2002.

Jorge J. Perdomo and Preet M. Singh, Corrosion Fatigue of Heat Treated Duplex Stainless Steels in Paper Mill White Waters. Corrosion Reviews, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp 295-316, 2002.

J. R. Keiser, D. L. Singbeil, G. B. Sarma, K. A. Choudhury, P. M. Singh, C. R. Hubbard, R. W. Swindeman, T. M. Ely, J. R. Kish, E. A. Kenik, P. J. Maziasz, and S. E. Bailey .Comparison of cracking in recovery boiler composite floor and primary air port tubes, TAPPI Journal, Vol. 85, No.2 February 2002.

Keiser, J. R., Sarma, G. B., Wang, S-L., Hubbard, C.R., Swindeman, R.W., Singbeil, D. L., Singh, P. M. Why do Kraft Recovery Boiler Composite Floor Tubes Crack? TAPPI Journal, p. 48, August 2001.

Greg Fonder, Safaa Al-Hassan, and Preet M. Singh, Corrosivity Monitoring Database for Kraft Recovery Boilers, PaperAge, pp 34-37, October 2000.

M. Estes, M. Marek, P. M. Singh, A. Rudie, J. Colwell, Corrosion of Composite Tube Air-Ports in Kraft Recovery Boiler: Cr2O3, Fe2O3, NiO Solubility in Molten Hydroxide, Pulp Paper Canada, 100:12, pp106-109, 1999.

S. Al-Hassan, G. J. Fonder, P. M. Singh, The Effect of Temperature Excursion on Sulfidation of Carbon Steel in 1% H2S Environment, Pulp Paper Canada, 100:10, 1999.

J. J. Lewandowski and P. M. Singh. Fracture and Fatigue of DRA Composites ASM Metals Handbook No. 19, Section 7. ASM International, Metals Park, Ohio, 1996.

P. M. Singh and J. J. Lewandowski. Stress Corrosion Cracking of Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminum (DRA) 2xxx Alloys During Slow Strain Rate Testing. J. Mat. Sci. Letters. Vol. 15, pp 490-493, 1996.

P. M. Singh and J. J. Lewandowski. Effects of Heat Treatment on Stress Corrosion Cracking of Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminum (DRA) 7xxx Alloys During Slow Strain Rate Testing. Scripta Metall et Mat. Vol. 33, No. 9, pp 1393-1399, 1995.

P. M. Singh and J. J. Lewandowski. The Effects of Reinforcement Additions and Heat Treatment on the Evolution of Poisson Ratio During Straining of Discontinuous Reinforcement Aluminum Alloys. Metall. Trans A. Vol. 26A, pp 2911-2921, Nov. 1995.

J. J. Lewandowski and P. M. Singh, Toughness of DRA and Extrinsically Toughened DRA Aluminum Alloy Laminates. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Fracture Mechanisms in Inorganic Composite Systems. (W. H. Hunt and J. J. Lewandowski eds. ) TMS, Warrendale, PA, 1995.

P. M. Singh, J. J. Lewandowski. Damage Evolution in Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminum Alloys, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Fracture Mechanisms in Inorganic Composite Systems. (W. H. Hunt and J. J. Lewandowski eds. ) TMS, Warrendale, PA, 1995.

T. M. Osman, P. M. Singh, J. J. Lewandowski, Crack Bridging in a Laminated Metal Matrix Composite, Scripta Metall et Mat., Vol 31, No. 5, pp 607-612, 1994.

P. M. Singh, J. J. Lewandowski, Poisson Ratio Measurements for an Al-Based Metal Matrix Composite during Elastic and Plastic Deformation. Scripta Metall et Mat. vol. 29, pp 199-204, July 1993.

P. M. Singh, J. J. Lewandowski, Effects of Heat Treatment and Reinforcement Size on Reinforcement Fracture During Tension Testing of a SiCp Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminum Alloy. Metall. Trans A. vol. 24A, pp 2531-2543, Nov. 1993.

R. N. Parkins and P. M. Singh, The nucleation and coalescence of short cracks in cyclically loaded ferritic steel exposed to a carbonate-bicarbonate solution. Short Fatigue Cracks. ESIS 13 (ed. K. J. Miller and E. R. de los Rois) 1992, Mechanical Engineering Publications, London, U.K.

P. M. Singh, J. T. Evans, N. J. H. Holroyd, Strain Concentration at Grain Boundaries in Al-Mg-Si Alloys. Material Sc. and Engg., vol. A 158,pp 1-8, 1992.

J. D. Rigney, P. M. Singh, J. J. Lewandowski, Environmental Effects on Ductile-Phase Toughening in Nb5Si3-Nb Composites. J.O.M., vol. 44, pp 36-41, Aug 1992.

P. M. Singh, Simulation and Prediction of Crack Growth Controlled by Random Factors, Life Prediction of Corrodible Structures, (R. N. Parkins, Ed.), NACE, Houston, TX, 1992.

P. M. Singh, N. J. H. Holroyd, J. J. Lewandowski and J. T. Evans, Monte-Carlo Simulations of Lead Induced Slow Crack Growth in Al-Mg-Si Alloys, Fundamental Aspects of Stress Corrosion Cracking, (S. M. Bruemmer et.al., Eds.), TMS, Warrendale, PA, pp 567-583, 1992.

J. Congleton, B. Hemsworth, R. N. Parkins and P. M. Singh, Effect of heat treatments on the stress corrosion cracking of alloy 600 in high temperature waters, Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 132, pp119-132, 1991.

R. N. Parkins and P. M. Singh, Stress Corrosion Crack Coalescence. Corrosion, Vol 46, pp 485, June 1990.

P. M. Singh and S. N. Malhotra, Stress Corrosion Cracking of Austenitic Stainless Steels in Polythionic Acids Corrosion, Vol. 43, pp 26, January 1987.


Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

Preet M. Singh, Jorge J. Perdomo, Jamshad Mahmood, Pablo Conde, Stress Assisted Corrosion in Laboratory, Paper #04518, Corrosion-04. Now Orleans, March 2004.

Jorge J. Perdomo, Pablo R. Conde, Jamshad Mahmood, Preet M. Singh, Corrosion Prevention During Acid Cleaning IN Digesters and Evaporators, Paper #04246, Corrosion-04. Now Orleans, March 2004.

S. J. Pawel, A. W. Willoughby, H. F. Longmire, P. M. Singh, An Experience with Detection and Assessment of SAC in a Recovery Boile, Paper #04519, Corrosion-04. Now Orleans, March 2004.

Preet M. Singh, Oluwatosin Ige, and Jamshad Mahmood, Stress corrosion cracking of 304L stainless steel in sodium sulfide containing caustic solutions. Paper #03518, Corrosion-2003. San Diego, March 2003.

Jorge J. Perdomo, Preet M. Singh, Julian Oteng, Stress Corrosion Cracking and Corrosion Fatigue of Duplex Stainless Steels in White Water Environments, Paper #03522, Corrosion-2003. San Diego, March 2003.

James R. Keiser, Douglas L. Singbeil, Gorti B. Sarma, Preet M Singh, Kimberly A. Choudhury, Thomas M. Ely, Camden R. Hubbard, Joseph R. Kish, Jorge J. Perdomo, Recent Observations of Recovery Boiler Primary Air Port Cracking and Characterization of Environmental Conditions, Proceedings - TAPPI Eng. Conf. , San Francisco, September 2001.

Adolfo Anaya and Preet M. Singh, Effect of Wood Species on Corrosivity of Black Liquors Corrosion 2001, Paper # 281, Houston, March 2001

Preet M. Singh, Adolfo Anaya, Katie Frey, and Jamshad Mahmood Corrosivity of Black Liquors - Role of Wood Species Pulped, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Corrosion in the Pulp and Paper Industry, Helsinki, Finland. August 21-24, 2001

Gustaf Bäck, and Preet M. Singh, Crevice corrosion of stainless steels in chlorine dioxide bleach plants, Proceedings of 10th International Symposium on Corrosion in the Pulp and Paper Industry, Helsinki Finland, August 21-24, 2001.

Keiser, J. R., Singbeil, D. L., Choudhury, K. A., Sarma, G. B., Hubbard, C. R., Ely, T. M., Kish, J. R., Singh, P.M., Kenik, E. A., Hall, L. M., Characterization Of Primary Air Port Cracking In Black Liquor Recovery Boilers, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Corrosion in the Pulp and Paper Industry, Helsinki, Finland.

Keiser, J. R., Singbeil, D. L., Sarma, G. B., Choudhury, K. A., Singh, P. M., Hubbard, C. R., Swindeman, R. W., Ely, T. M., Kish, J. R., Kenik, E. A., Maziasz, P. J., Bailey, S. Comparison of Cracking in Recovery Boiler composite Floor and Primary Air Port Tubes, Proceedings-2001 International Chemical Recovery Conference, Whistler, British Columbia.

Singbeil, D L; Keiser, J R; Sarma, G B; Wang, X L; Hubbard, C R; Swindeman, R W; Singh, P M. Why do Kraft Recovery Boiler Composite Floor Tubes Crack, Corrosion & Prevention-2000, Auckland, New Zealand, 19-22 Nov. 2000, Published by Australasian Corrosion Association, Australasian Corrosion Centre, P.O. Box 250, Clayton, Victoria, 3168.

Keiser, J. R., Sarma, G. B., Wang, S-L., Hubbard, C.R., Swindeman, R.W., Singbeil, D. L., Singh, P. M. Why do Kraft Recovery Boiler Composite Floor Tubes Crack? Proceedings-2000 TAPPI Engineering Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Safaa Al Hassan, Phil Varron, P. M. Singh, Corrosion of Carbon and Stainless steels in Condensed Black Liquor Vapors, Corrosion-2000, Paper 00594, March 2000.

P. M. Singh, Safaa Al Hassan, Sloan Stalder, and Greg Fonder, Fireside Corrosion in Kraft Recovery boiler Lower Furnace, Corrosion-2000, Paper 00237, March 2000.

James R. Keiser, Xun-Li Wang, Robert W. Swindeman, Douglas L. Singbeil, P. M. Singh, and Jamshad Mahmood, Status Report on Studies of Recovery Boiler Composite Floor Tube Cracking, 1999 TAPPI Eng. Conf., pp 1099-1107, Anheim, CA, Sept. 1999.

P. M. Singh, Safaa J. Al-Hassan, Sloane Stalder, Greg Fonder, Corrosion in Kraft Recovery Boilers-In-situ Characterization of Corrosive Environments, 1999 TAPPI Eng. Conf., pp 1047-60, Anheim, CA, Sept. 1999.
This paper was selected as best paper in the TAPPI Engineering Conference in 1999 by the C&ME Committee

James R. Keiser, Xun-Li Wang, Robert W. Swindeman, Douglas L. Singbeil, Preet M. Singh and Jamshad Mahmood, Status Report on Studies of Recovery Boiler Composite Floor Tube Cracking”, 1999 TAPPI Eng. Conf., pp 1099-1107, Anheim, CA, Sept. 1999

D. Raghu, D. A. Lee, P. M. Singh, High-Temperature Corrosion and Wear Properties of HVOF Coatings of Cobalt-Based (CoCr) Surfacing Alloys, Corrosion-99. Paper No. 99272, San Antonio, TX. NACE International. April 1999.

S. Al-Hassan, G. J. Fonder, and P. M. Singh, Role of Thermal Excursions on Sulfidation of Carbon Steel. Corrosion-99. Paper No. 99280, San Antonio, TX. NACE International. April 1999.

S. Al-Hassan, G. J. Fonder, and P. M. Singh, The Effect of Temperature Excursion on Sulfidation of Carbon Steel in 1% H2S Environment. 9th International Symposium on Corrosion in Pulp and Paper Industry, CPPA, Ottawa, May 26-29, 1998.

Keiser, J. R., Taljat, B., Wang, X.-L., Swindeman, R. W., Meyers, L. E., Maziasz, P. J., Thomas, R.L., Singbeil, D. L., Prescott, R., Gorog, J. P., Singh, P. M., Overview of the DOE Studies of Recovery Boiler Floor Tube Cracking, Conf. Proceedings - 1998 International Recovery Boiler Conference, TAPPI/CPPA, June 1-4, 1998.

S. Al-Hassan, P. M. Singh, and G. J. Fonder, The Effect of Smelt/Gas Interaction on SA-210 Carbon Steel Corrosion, Conf. Proceedings - 1998 International Recovery Boiler Conference. TAPPI/CPPA, June 1-4, 1998.

M. Estes, M. Marek, P. M. Singh, A. Rudie, J. Colwell, Corrosion of Composite Tube Air-Ports in Kraft Recovery Boiler: Cr2O3, Fe2O3, NiO Solubility in Molten Hydroxide. 9th International Symposium on Corrosion in Pulp and Paper Industry, CPPA, Ottawa, May 26-29, 1998.

S. Al-Hassan, P. M. Singh, and G. J. Fonder, The Effect of Smelt/Gas Interaction on SA-210 Carbon Steel Corrosion, Conf. Proceedings - 1998 International Recovery Boiler Conference. TAPPI/CPPA, June 1-4, 1998.

G. J. Fonder, S. Al-Hassan, and P. M. Singh, Kraft Recovery Boiler Corrosion Database, Conf. Proceedings - 1998 International Recovery Boiler Conference. TAPPI/CPPA, June 1-4, 1998.

P. M. Singh, J. J. Lewandowski, Effects of Marine Environment on Stress Corrosion Cracking of Al Based Metal Matrix Composites. International Conference on Environmental -Sensitive Cracking, Mechanisms and Industrial Applications. (eds., Z. Wenlong and D Hardie), MRI, Shanghai, P. R. China, 1994.

P. M. Singh, N. J. H. Holroyd, J. J. Lewandowski and J. T. Evans, Lead Induced Crack Growth in Al-Mg-Si Alloys - Experimental results and Monte-Carlo Simulations. Gordon Research Conference on Physical Metallurgy: Time-Dependent Behavior in Metals: Measurement and Modelling For The Long Term, Plymouth, NH, June 1994.

J. D. Rigney, P. M. Singh, and J. J. Lewandowski, Effects of Environmental Exposure on Ductile-Phase toughening in Niobium Silicide-Niobium Composites. Proceedings of Symposium on High Temperature Silicides and Refractory Alloys, MRS Fall meeting, Boston, November 1993.




Other Significant Publications

P. M. Singh, Effects of Mill Closure on Corrosion, Solving Corrosion Problems in the Pulp and Paper Mill Short Course, (eds. W. B. A. Sharp and D. C. Bennett), TAPPI, Feb. 1998.

P. M. Singh, Corrosivity Monitoring of Kraft Recovery Boilers, Report to the Department of Energy, Project No. DE-FC36-95GO10092, Aug., 1997.

P. M. Singh, Monte-Carlo simulations of slow crack growth, ALCAN International Laboratories, Banbury, United Kingdom, June 1990.

J. Congleton, R. N. Parkins and P. M. Singh, Stress Corrosion of alloy 600 and alloy 690. Technical Report No. NUC 56/148: Her Majesty’s Nuclear Installations Inspectorate Health & Safety Executive, United Kingdom 1989.