False brinelling

Materials with hard oxides, including stainless steels and aluminum and titanium alloys, are particularly susceptible to this form of attack. In steel, it is also known as false Brinelling because of the high surface hardness that can be created in work-hardening grades. 

FALSE BRINELING - Damage to a solid bearing surface characterized by indentations not caused by plastic deformation resulting from overload, but thought to be due to other causes such as fretting corrosion. 

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