The stagnant liquid in the crevice eventually had a lowered dissolved oxygen concentration and crevice corrosion took over and destroyed the flange. To prevent crevice corrosion, one should use welds rather than rivets or bolted joints whenever possible. Also consider nonabsorbing gaskets. Remove accumulated deposits frequently and design containment vessels to avoid stagnant areas as much as possible. Pitting Pitting, just as it sounds, is used to describe the formation of small pits on the surface of a metal or alloy.
Pitting is suspected to occur in much the same way crevice corrosion does, but on a flat surface.
Pitting can go on undetected for extended periods of time, until a failure occurs. A textbook example of pitting would be to subject stainless steel to a chloride containing stream such as seawater. Pitting would overrun the stainless steel in a matter of weeks due to it's very poor resistance to chlorides, which are notorious for their ability to initiate pitting corrosion. Titanium is usually the material of choice if chlorides are the main corrosion concern. Intergranular Corrosion Occuring along grain boundaries for some alloys, intergranular corrosion can be a real danger in the right environment.