An Ageing (or Aging) is 1) to getting older; 2) the process of exposing materials to an environment for a duration of time that generally occurs slowly at room temperature (natural aging) and more rapidly at higher temperature (artificial aging).
Related Definitions in the Project: The Metallurgy (Corrosion and Cracking)
Example Article of the Aging:
Another Iranian Pipeline Explosion As Aging Infrastructure Fails (Source: Oil Price on 9 December 2021): By Julianne Geiger - Reports are emerging of a pipeline explosion at Iran’s Parsian refinery in the country’s southwest, where an excavator reportedly hit a 10-inch gas condensate pipeline today. While the story is still developing, as reported by Reuters and Iran’s Fars news agency, there were no casualties in the explosion, and rescue squads are still on the scene. This is the third major explosion since this summer affecting Iran’s gas pipeline infrastructure. In mid-November, an explosion at an oil pipeline in southern Iran was attributed to aging infrastructure. No casualties were reported in that incident either, in which a 16-inch outlet line of Iran’s Maroon Gas Injection Station cracked in the explosion, leading to minor leaks which caused a fire. Corrosion and leakage led to the explosion. No damages were reported to the production facilities. ...
