Christensen Materials Engineering, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, has extensive experience in solving technical materials related problems across a wide range of industries. Over 25 years of experience in assessing materials compatibility, performance problems and materials/metallurgical failure analysis. Failure analysis is a major component of our work. The knowledge and insight learned from the analysis of materials failures over many years, allows us to quickly focus on the root cause of materials problems. Areas of expertise include metallurgy, metals, welding, corrosion, plastics, composites, concrete, coatings and more. Metallurgy and materials test laboratory, microstructural analysis by optical & scanning electron microscopy, metallurgist/scientist