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Recommendation FLIX-214: Inform industry about rapid creep cavitation fractures in stainless steel
From Flixborough Inquiry — Final Report, published 11 April 1975.
Recommendation
Creep cavitation fractures in stainless steel have been known for some time but previously it had not been generally known that these could, under appropriate conditions of stress and temperature be produced in a relatively short time. Such a fracture can be produced in a matter of minutes by a small fierce fire. (See Appendix II). Again the attention of industry should be drawn to this phenomenon.
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.
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Recommendation made
51.5 years ago