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← ScienceWhich risk dramatically escalates when increasing flow velocity through a crude oil pipeline causes turbulence?
A)Increased pipeline corrosion rate✓
B)Elevated fluid cavitation threshold
C)Reduced heat transfer efficiency
D)Decreased settling of sediment
💡 Explanation
Enhanced turbulence correlates with an increased pipeline corrosion rate because eddy currents disrupt the protective boundary layer, accelerating electrochemical reactions at the pipe wall; therefore, corrosion risk escalates rather than cavitation or heat transfer impacts which don't heavily rely on boundary layer stability.
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