"Material Problems in the Manufacture of Power Plant Boilers"

The severity of duty of the steam generator, particularly, in the utility industry, has increased beyond proportions in the last two decades. While the cycle conditions have become very ardous with very high pressures, temperatures and evaporations, the quality of fuels, be it coal or oil, has been subjected to a steady deterioration. This much of progress would not have been possible'had the development of new materials by the metallurgists not kept on equal pace.