AvoidingEnvironmentalCrackinginAmineUnitsAPIRECOMMENDEDPRACTICE945THIRDEDITION,JUNE2003REAFFIRMED,JULY2020AvoidingEnvironmentalCrackinginAmineUnitsDownstreamSegmentAPIRECOMMENDEDPRACTICE945THIRDEDITION,JUNE2003REAFFIRMED,JULY2020SPECIALNOTESAPIpublicationsnecessarilyaddressproblemsofageneralnature.Withrespecttopartic-ularcircumstances,local,state,andfederallawsandregulationsshouldbereviewed.APIisnotundertakingtomeetthedutiesofemployers,manufacturers,orsupplierstowarnandproperlytrainandequiptheiremployees,andothersexposed,concerninghealthandsafetyrisksandprecautions,norundertakingtheirobligationsunderlocal,state,orfed-erallaws.Informationconcerningsafetyandhealthrisksandproperprecautionswithrespecttopar-ticularmaterialsandconditionsshouldbeobtainedfromtheemployer,themanufacturerorsupplierofthatmaterial,orthematerialsafetydatasheet.NothingcontainedinanyAPIpublicationistobeconstruedasgrantinganyright,byimplicationorotherwise,forthemanufacture,sale,oruseofanymethod,apparatus,orprod-uctcoveredbyletterspatent.Neithershouldanythingcontainedinthepublicationbecon-struedasinsuringanyoneagainstliabilityforinfringementofletterspatent.Generally,APIstandardsarereviewedandrevised,reafÞrmed,orwithdrawnatleasteveryÞveyears.Sometimesaone-timeextensionofuptotwoyearswillbeaddedtothisreviewcycle.ThispublicationwillnolongerbeineffectÞveyearsafteritspublicationdateasanoperativeAPIstandardor,whereanextensionhasbeengranted,uponrepublication.StatusofthepublicationcanbeascertainedfromtheAPIDownstreamSegment[telephone(202)682-8000].AcatalogofAPIpublicationsandmaterialsispublishedannuallyandupdatedquarterlybyAPI,200MassachusettsAvenue,NW,Suite1100,Washington,DC20001.ThisdocumentwasproducedunderAPIstandardizationproceduresthatensureappropri-atenotiÞcationandparticipationinthedevelopmentalprocessandisdesignatedasanAPIstandard.Questionsconcerningtheinterpretationofthecontentofthisstandardorcom-mentsandquestionsconcerningtheproceduresunderwhichthisstandardwasdevelopedshouldbedirectedinwritin...
