February 2022 Newsletter
February 2, 2022 (Newsletters)

February 2, 2022. Issue #802.

Who else is dreaming about getting back out on the water?

Scroll down to find out how this month's Spotlight customer used the metal he got from Speedy to make one client's dream of getting back out on the water come true!

FIRE SALE

	3/4" Round 1018 CR, 36" Long. On Sale for $15.80.
	1/4" Square 1018 CR, 36" Long. On Sale for $7.68.
	1/4" x 1" 1018 CR Flat, 36" Long. On Sale for $12.60.

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT

This month, we're featuring Frank Pagano of PAG Welding and Fabrication. He fabricated 4 standoffs for a boat lift fixture's crossmembers. He used round stock instead of pipe and stepped up the saddle thickness to .312" to make it more durable.

He says, "Lots of positive lessons learned on this job both personally and technically. It was a job that noone wanted for various reasons but I felt compelled to help this person because he is an 83 year old man who thought his boating season was over once his lift failed. He just wanted to fish!! I grew up without grandfathers (both deceased before I was born) so I have a soft spot in my heart for scenarios like this. I love where welding takes me sometimes!"

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You can also check out other great customer projects on our blog or on our Facebook page.

WHAT YOU'RE SAYING

"I was starting to be concerned that I had not received a "we've shipped" email notification 3 days after I had placed the order. No need... it was on my porch 3 days after it was ordered!!! Great work guys and ladies!"

-Mark

DID YOU KNOW...?

...that "rusting iron can be its own worst enemy"?

We all know iron gets rusty when exposed to water. On the other hand, in theory it shouldn't get rusty in a supercritical fluid of carbon dioxide (CO2 that's kept at a temperature and pressure where it's "in between" a liquid and a gas), because sCO2 is supposed to be inert.

But it rusts anyways.

And now scientists have figured out why: "[T]he iron itself acts as a catalyst, lowering the reaction energy barriers at the interface between iron and sCO2, ultimately leading to the formation of a host of corrosive species: oxygen, hydroxide, carboxylic acid and nitrous acid."

Learn more in the full article here.

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