A photo of Elvis (center) with his doctor Nick Nichopoulos (back) taken shortly before his death. (Courtesy of Nick Nichopoulos) LOS ANGELES â It has been widely reported that Elvis Presley died in 1977 from cardiac arrhythmia, an irregular heartbeat, possibly brought on by drug dependency, obesity and a weak heart.
If the Ionic or Electro-chemical theory of corrosion, as described in the preceding chapter, be accepted it is then easy to divide all practical cases of corrosion into three types : (1) Auto Corrosion, (2) Contact Corrosion, and (3) Externally Induced Corrosion. (reference).
Corrosion fatigue (CF) is defined as the sequential stages of metal damage that evolve with accumulated load cycling, in an aggressive environment compared to inert or benign surroundings, and resulting from the interaction of irreversible cyclic plastic deformation with localized chemical or electrochemical reactions.