CAUSE & EFFECTS
The ultimate goal is to stop hydrogen-cell formation in the grain structure of a substrate parent metal.
Thermal growth alloy formation does this using vapor metallic gas metal at temperatures lower than the parent metal's ability to retain its own properties. The (TGA) thermal growth alloy, both diffuses into the substrate parent metal and forms the TGA.
This also disallows corrosion, or stress cracking from affecting the grain structure. The 50+µms of TGA have to be worn down prior to affecting the grain structure and even then the grain structure has been diffused as well by as much as 10µms deep.
Thermal growth alloy formation does this using vapor metallic gas metal at temperatures lower than the parent metal's ability to retain its own properties. The (TGA) thermal growth alloy, both diffuses into the substrate parent metal and forms the TGA.
This also disallows corrosion, or stress cracking from affecting the grain structure. The 50+µms of TGA have to be worn down prior to affecting the grain structure and even then the grain structure has been diffused as well by as much as 10µms deep.