A biofilm of bacteria and other microbes coats the Titanic’s steel structure, slowly eating away at it. This process is visible in the “rusticles” – icicle-like formations of oxidized ...

Because of this phenomenon, the steel basically shattered, and the rivets popped out easily—all of which sunk the ship 24 ...

with over 15,000 working on Titanic. Many jobs involved working with steel including welders, riveters, platers and plumbers. Carpenters worked with wood to design things like cabinets and ...

"Titanic" the Last Word in Naval Architecture ... not only was there wrought into her structure a greater proportionate mass of steel than had been put into any, even of the recent giant liners ...

Confidence is key, but safe test ... the Titanic has led experts to believe that the problem with the iconic vessel was in the rivets holding it together rather than the quality of the steel ...