And on the subject of pits and NDT.
The advantage of radiography is that is might show a defect within the barrel wall, invisible on inspection. The problem is that magnified spot images also show pits (the lucent areas) and it can't be know definitively if the defect is ON the barrel wall or IN the barrel wall.
MPI would be negative if there was no microscopic defect/crack to the surface.


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