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Michael A. Streicher (September 6, 1921 – February 14, 2006) was an American
metallurgist Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the ...
and engineer who became internationally recognized for his work on the testing and development of
corrosion Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide. It is the gradual deterioration of materials (usually a metal) by chemical or electrochemical reaction with their environment. Corrosion engine ...
-resistant
stainless steel Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), or rustless steel, is an iron-based alloy that contains chromium, making it resistant to rust and corrosion. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion comes from its chromi ...
alloys. He published widely in technical journals and textbooks and received numerous patents for his inventions.


Biography

He was born on September 6, 1921, in
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,
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, the son of Johann Simon Streicher and Olga Schmidt Streicher. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1931. Streicher received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (; RPI) is a private university, private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and the Western Hemisphere. It was establishe ...
in 1943, an M.S. degree in chemical engineering from
Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...
in 1945, and a doctorate in metallurgy from
Lehigh University Lehigh University (LU), in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, is a private university, private research university. The university was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer. Lehigh University's undergraduate programs have been mixed ...
in 1947. The latter degree and subsequent postdoctoral research were sponsored by the U.S. Army Signal Corps. For 30 years, from 1949 to 1979, Streicher worked as a research metallurgist at the Experimental Station of the
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Co. in Wilmington,
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. He began as a research engineer, advancing to the positions of research fellow and principal consultant. For the next eight years, he served as research professor at the
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in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Thereafter, he worked as an independent consultant, including work with the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) on safe storage containers for nuclear waste. His pioneering work developing superferritic stainless steels led to the development of new alloys (see United States Patents 3957544, 4119765, 4456482 and 4456483) which find extensive use in high-efficiency home gas furnaces, as well as in industry. Streicher was a leading developer of corrosion tests for stainless steels and other corrosion resistant alloys. Working through
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he was instrumental in standardizing intergranular corrosion tests, including the ferric sulfate-sulfuric acid testASTM International (2007)
"ASTM A262-02ae3 Standard Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels"
now called the "Streicher Test" in his honor. In 1973, Streicher received the
Willis Rodney Whitney Willis Rodney Whitney (August 22, 1868 – January 9, 1958) was an American chemist and founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company. He is known as the "father of industrial research" in the United States for blending the ...
Award given to one scientist each year by
NACE International The Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP), is a professional association focused on the protection of assets and performance of materials. AMPP was created when NACE International, formerly the National Association of Corr ...
, which is a professional organization devoted to corrosion and related problems. Streicher also received other prestigious awards, including Fellow of the American Society for Metals (1970) and Fellow of NACE (1994).


Patents

* 2793191 Streicher "Corrosion Inhibition of Monobasic Acids" May 21, 1957 * 2806000 Streicher "Cleaning Stainless Steel" September 10, 1957 * 2839392 Streicher "Corrosion Resistant Alloy" June 17, 1958 * 2976169 Streicher "Immersion Deposition of Tin" May 21, 1961 * 3481762 Streicher "Metal Lubrication Process" December 2, 1969 * 3929473 Streicher "Chromium, molybdenum ferritic stainless steels" December 30, 1975 * 3932174 Streicher "Chromium, molybdenum ferritic stainless steels" January 13, 1976 * 3932175 Streicher "Chromium, molybdenum ferritic stainless steels" January 13, 1976


Awards

* Fellow of
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(1970) *
Willis Rodney Whitney Willis Rodney Whitney (August 22, 1868 – January 9, 1958) was an American chemist and founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company. He is known as the "father of industrial research" in the United States for blending the ...
Award from
NACE International The Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP), is a professional association focused on the protection of assets and performance of materials. AMPP was created when NACE International, formerly the National Association of Corr ...
(1973) * Fellow of NACE International (1994).


Works

* ''PITTING CORROSION OF 18Cr-8Ni STAINLESS STEEL'', Journal of the Electrochemical Society (U.S.) Absorbed Electrochem. Technol.; Vol: 103, Pages: 375-90, 1956 Jul 01. * ''Synergistic inhibition of ferric ion corrosion during chemical cleaning of metal surfaces'', Corrosion (Houston); Vol/Issue: 28:4, 1972 Apr 01. * ''Development of pitting-resistant Fe--Cr--Mo alloys'', Corrosion, v. 30, no. 3, pp. 77–91, 1974 Mar 01. * ''Microstructures and some properties of Fe-28%Cr-4%Mo alloys'', Corrosion, v. 30, no. 4, pp. 115–124, 1974 Apr 01. * ''Effect of composition and structure on crevice, intergranular, and stress corrosion of some wrought Ni--Cr--Mo alloys'', Corrosion; Vol/Issue: 32:3, 1976 Mar 01. * ''Stainless Steels: Past, Present and Future'', pp 1–34 in Stainless Steel '77, Metals Soc., London, (1977) * ''Effect of silicon on the corrosion resistance of iron in sulfuric acid'', (with B. J. Saldanha) Mater. Performance; Vol/Issue: 25:1, 1986 Jan 01. * ''Galvanic Corrosion of Duplex Fe-Cr-10% Ni Alloys in Reducing Acids'' (with Y. H. Yau) in ASTM STP 978, ASTM International, "Galvanic Corrosion", 1988. * ''Guidelines for Development of Structural Integrity Programs for DOE High-Level Waste Storage Tanks'' (with K. Bandyopadhyay, S. Bush, M. Kassir, B. Mather, P. Shewmon, B. Thompson, D. van Rooyen, and J. Weeks) BNL-52527, 1997. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York. * ''Limitations on use of pitting potential measurements'', Materials Performance; VOL. 36; ISSUE: 1, 1997 Jan 01. * ''Effect of alloying elements on stress corrosion cracking of stainless alloys'', Materials Performance; VOL. 36; ISSUE: 11, 1997 Nov 01. * ''Effect of condenser design on stress corrosion cracking of stainless alloys in boiling chloride solutions'', (with Y. L. Chiang), Corrosion; VOL. 54; ISSUE: 9, 1998 Sep 01. * ''Materials problems with temporary and permanent storage of high-level nuclear wastes'', Materials Performance; Vol/Issue: 38:1, 1999 Jan 01. * ''Austenitic and Ferritic Stainless Steels'', Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook, Second Edition, R. Winston Revie, Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2000.


References

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