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Titanic wreckage still tells a riveting tale

A new analysis suggests that low-quality rivets contributed to the rapid sinking of the Titanic.

References:

Foecke, T. 1998. What sank the RMS Titanic. Meeting of the Materials Research Society. November. Boston.

Further Readings:

Brigham, R.J., and Y.A. Lafreniere. Titanic specimens. CANMET Report 92-32(TR). CANMET Metals Technology Laboratories. Ottawa, Canada.

Felkins, K., H.P. Leighly, and A. Janokovic. 1998. The royal mail ship Titanic: Did a metallurgical failure cause a night to remember? JOM 50:12.

Foecke, T. 1998. Metallurgy of the RMS Titanic. NIST Report 6118 (Feb. 4).

Sources:

Tim Foecke
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Materials Performance Group
Metallurgy Division
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001

William A. Garzke, Jr.
Gibbs & Cox, Inc.
1235 Jefferson Davis Highway
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22002

James Matthews
Defense Research Establishment–Atlantic
Dockyard Laboratory
Building D17
P.O. Box 99000, Station Forces
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 5X5
Canada
E-mail: matthews@drea.dnd.ca

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 23, December 5, 1998, p. 357. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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