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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

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Detail of the through wall cracking that caused the leakage in the 2" pipe. The crack was originated in the fillet weld, from the end of the reinforced rib.
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ML00179 / Feb.2022
Hydrides in Titanium Weld
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - In Field WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fatigue Crack
Region of the leakage close to the welded joint between the pipe and the 90° elbow, in the 1 1/2" nominal diameter piping, SCH 40 (3.7 mm thick). See the schematic drawing in the next figure
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ML00065 / May.2017
Erosion Corrosion of Monel Piping
M - NiCu AlloyP - Seamless PipeAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Erosion Corrosion
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Leakage
Macroscopic aspect of the 1" shaft fracture surface, revealing beach marks at the surface typical of fatigue, initiated from the surface of the spline shaft at the gear position.
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ML00041 / Jun.2017
Fatigue Fracture of Inconel 718 Spline Shaft
M - NiCrFe AlloyP - ShaftAp - Oil and GasCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fatigue Fracture
Internal aspect of the 8" diameter pipe that suffered localized thinning and leakage. The vertical weld is the pipe seam and the horizontal weld is the circunferential butt weld.
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Localized Thinning
Transverse section of the fitting that suffered a longitudinal cracking. As polished. The wrought fitting has suffered intergranular stress corrosion cracking from the internal surface, exposed to hot caustic environment.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Intergranular Cracking
The fracture micromechanism is ductile for the pin that has been sheared in a condition of controlling the load carrying. Elongated Dimples.
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ML00007 / Dec.2020
Free Machining Brass in Shear Pin
M - BrassP - Machined PartAp - LiftingCd - Shear
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Elongated Dimples

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ML00179 — Hydrides in Titanium WeldM - Unalloyed TitaniumP - In Field WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Hydride Formation
Detail of the end of the rib, with a crack in the fillet weld metal, propagating through the pipe wall.
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ML00179 / Feb.2022
Hydrides in Titanium Weld
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - In Field WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Cracking
The through wall cracking was opened by longitudinal cutting of the pipe in two positions, to analyzed the region where the crack was nucleated.
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ML00179 / Feb.2022
Hydrides in Titanium Weld
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - In Field WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Fracture Surface AspectDf - Fracture
Aspect of the opened crack, showing the flat fracture. The through wall cracking started at the welded region at the end of the rib.
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ML00179 / Feb.2022
Hydrides in Titanium Weld
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - In Field WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Fracture Surface AspectDf - Fracture
Aspect of the opened crack by scanning electron microscopy, showing the coarser structure in the weld (right side of the figure).
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ML00179 / Feb.2022
Hydrides in Titanium Weld
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - In Field WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fracture
In the region where the fracture started there are brittle aspects resembling a cleavage micromechanism and several secondary cracks, transverse to the fracture surface, as well as propagation by fatigue (striation).
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ML00179 / Feb.2022
Hydrides in Titanium Weld
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - In Field WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Brittle Cracks

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ML00065 — Erosion Corrosion of Monel PipingM - NiCu AlloyP - Seamless PipeAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Erosion Corrosion
Schematic drawing presenting the External piping surface
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ML00065 / May.2017
Erosion Corrosion of Monel Piping
M - NiCu AlloyP - Seamless PipeAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Erosion Corrosion
Cm - Identification drawingDf - Leakage
Aspect of the piping cut in the longitudinal direction, presenting the leakage region close to the welded joint between the pipe and the 90° elbow. The original SCH 40 (3.7 mm thickness) presents an actual average thickness of 2 mm all through the piping extension, evidencing a general thinning. See the schematic drawing in the next figure.
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ML00065 / May.2017
Erosion Corrosion of Monel Piping
M - NiCu AlloyP - Seamless PipeAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Erosion Corrosion
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Leakage
Schematic drawing presenting the internal piping surface
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ML00065 / May.2017
Erosion Corrosion of Monel Piping
M - NiCu AlloyP - Seamless PipeAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Erosion Corrosion
Cm - Identification drawingDf - Leakage
Detail of the internal piping surface, showing lack of deposits and a shinning surface, suggesting erosive conditions.
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ML00065 / May.2017
Erosion Corrosion of Monel Piping
M - NiCu AlloyP - Seamless PipeAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Erosion Corrosion
Cm - Surface AspectDf - Leakage
Macrography of the pipe to fitting welded joint, in a region very close to the leakage. The sligthly localized thinning is in the weld metal close to the elbow.
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ML00065 / May.2017
Erosion Corrosion of Monel Piping
M - NiCu AlloyP - Seamless PipeAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Erosion Corrosion
Cm - Kalling Etched MacroDf - Thinning

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ML00041 — Fatigue Fracture of Inconel 718 Spline ShaftM - NiCrFe AlloyP - ShaftAp - Oil and GasCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Macroscopic aspect of the 1" shaft fracture surface, revealing beach marks at the surface typical of fatigue, initiated from the surface of the spline shaft at the gear position.
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ML00041 / Jun.2017
Fatigue Fracture of Inconel 718 Spline Shaft
M - NiCrFe AlloyP - ShaftAp - Oil and GasCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fatigue Fracture
SEM fractograph at 1200x magnification showing an intergranular fracture surface with angular, faceted grains and fine feather-like markings.
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ML00041 / Jun.2017
Fatigue Fracture of Inconel 718 Spline Shaft
M - NiCrFe AlloyP - ShaftAp - Oil and GasCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Fracture
Microscopic detail of the transgranular striation in the fracture surface.
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ML00041 / Jun.2017
Fatigue Fracture of Inconel 718 Spline Shaft
M - NiCrFe AlloyP - ShaftAp - Oil and GasCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Fracture
Micrographic aspect of a longitudinal section of the splined shaft, at the fracture surface (top of the figure). The transgranular fatigue propagation presents shallow secondary cracks at regions of particles in the structure.
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ML00041 / Jun.2017
Fatigue Fracture of Inconel 718 Spline Shaft
M - NiCrFe AlloyP - ShaftAp - Oil and GasCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Transgranular Cracking
Micrographic aspect of a longitudinal section of the splined shaft, at the fracture. Transgranular fatigue propagation from the splined region.
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ML00041 / Jun.2017
Fatigue Fracture of Inconel 718 Spline Shaft
M - NiCrFe AlloyP - ShaftAp - Oil and GasCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Transgranular Crack
ML00005 — Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti PipeM - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Aspect of the internal surface of the pipe at the welded region, showing the interface of the thinning area in the weld and the pipe base metal.
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Localized Thinning
Region of the localized thinning at the weld metal, in a metallographic section, as polished. In the base metal the hydride layer is continuous and no thinning is evident (left side of the figure) and in the weld metal it is detached and cracked (right side of the figure).
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Micrography by SEMDf - Localized Thinning
The pipe base metal, at the internal surface, presents a hydride layer showing that the environment is absorbing hydrogen. Although there are microcracks in this layer it did not detach in the base metal.
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Kroll Etched Micrography by OMDf - Hydride Formation
The pipe internal suface, at the welded region, presents no hydride layer (because it has detached) as well as the material itself is suffering brittle detachment.
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Kroll Etched Micrography by OMDf - Localized Thinning
Detail, as polished, of brittle cracks in the weld metal, from the internal side of the pipe.
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Brittle Cracks

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ML00011 — Intergranular SCC of Pure NickelM - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
The fitting presented through wall cracks that lead to leaking. The internal aspect of the surface is presented where the cracks were still in the begining.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Crack
After opening the crack the fracture surface presented different aspects close to the internal surface and through the wall propagation. Intergranular at the surface, showing intergranular SCC mechanism, and transgranular with striation, showing the contribution of pulsing loads.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Through Wall Cracking
After opening the crack the fracture surface presented different aspects close to the surface, initiation mechanism, and through the wall propagation. Detail of the intergranular cracking mechanism close to the internal surface.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Intergranular Cracking
After opening the crack the fracture surface presented different aspects close to the internal surface, in the initiation, and through the wall propagation. Detail of the transgranular striation, showing the contribution of pulsing loads.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Striation
After opening the crack the fracture surface presented different aspects close to the internal surface, in the initiation, and through the wall propagation. Detail of the transgranular striation, showing the contribution of pulsing loads.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Striation

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ML00007 — Free Machining Brass in Shear PinM - BrassP - Machined PartAp - LiftingCd - Shear
The fracture surface is flat and smashed due to the shearing action.
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ML00007 / Dec.2020
Free Machining Brass in Shear Pin
M - BrassP - Machined PartAp - LiftingCd - Shear
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
The fracture surface is ductile and the micromechanism is dimples, elongated due to the shearing action.
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ML00007 / Dec.2020
Free Machining Brass in Shear Pin
M - BrassP - Machined PartAp - LiftingCd - Shear
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Ductile Fracture
The micrography of the pin at the fracture surface shows a strong plastic deformation as expected during shearing.
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ML00007 / Dec.2020
Free Machining Brass in Shear Pin
M - BrassP - Machined PartAp - LiftingCd - Shear
Cm - FeCl3+HCl+H2O Etched MicroDf - Plastic Deformation

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The location of the threaded fitting started leaking after less than five years in service. Although the corrosion rate was not high, the localized material loss in the threaded surface of the carbon steel flange allowed the connection leakage.
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ML00184 / Apr.2023
Dissimilar Steels in a Threaded Connection
M - Low Carbon SteelP - ForgingAp - OffshoreCd - Localized Dissolution
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Front wheel 17 x 7J of a passenger vehicle (identified as WHEEL 1) that broke during a car accident on a road.
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ML00183 / Dec.2022
Ductile Behavior of an Aluminum Wheel
M - Aluminum Silicon MagnesiumP - CastingAp - AutomotiveCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Tool fixture 5" long, nominal diameter 2", presenting a recess 1/2" deep from two sides. The rupture occurred about 2" from the end of the rod. Scale in milimeters.
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ML00182 / Jul.2022
Brittle Fracture of a LAS Fixing Rod
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - StemAp - Mechanical IndustryCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Pinion of hypoid gearbox, assembled in a 1560-mm long shaft that operated during more than 60,000 hours, and removed from service due to unacceptable wear damage.
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ML00181 / Apr.2022
Wear of a Carburized Hypoid Gear
M - Low Alloy for Thermochemical TreatmentP - Pinion-crown assemblyAp - ShipCd - Wear
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Aspect of the 3 1/2" diameter tube after the water leakage in high temperature.
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ML00180 / Mar.2022
Local Melting of Copper Cooling Tubes
M - Pure CopperP - Cooling TubeAp - SiderurgyCd - Overheating
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
2" drain line from the main 10" line. The leakage occurred at the margin of the weld, a short time after the introduction of the reinforced ribs to reduce vibration.
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ML00179 / Feb.2022
Hydrides in Titanium Weld
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - In Field WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Field photoDf - General View
The drilling connector, 21" diameter, presented a crack at the margin of the weld in the forging side (left side of the weld in the figure).
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ML00178 / Jan.2022
Cold cracks in Cr-Mo Welded Forging
M - CrMo SteelP - ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Macrography of the longitudinally seam weld of the 24" diameter tube, showing that it was welded from both sides and there is a segregation line in the center of the tube thickness.
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ML00177 / Dec.2021
Cr-Mo Seam Welded Tube
M - CrMo SteelP - Longitudinally Seam WeldedAp - Fired HeaterCd - Not according to spec
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Seam
The titanium rotor blade of a flowmeter broke after two years in service in an acid environment, containing H2S.
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ML00176 / Nov.2021
Hydride Formation in a Titanium Blade
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - BladeAp - Oil and GasCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Aspect of the wire rope, 1 1/2" diameter, presenting regions of flattened areas at the surface of the outer wires. It is a 6 x 19 Seale construction, right regular lay.
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ML00175 / Aug.2021
Localized External Wear of a Wire Rope
M - High Carbon SteelP - Wire RopeAp - Oil and GasCd - Wear
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
The carcass was manufactured using niobium stabilized plates, grade AISI 347, with circumferential welds, where the through wall cracks were detected.
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ML00174 / Jul.2021
Carburization of a 347 SS Welded Joint
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - EnergyCd - Carburization
Cm - Field photoDf - General View
Aged microstructure of the HP stainless steel, modified with 1%Nb, cast fitting, tubular, operating for 6 years in a furnace which design temperature is 1100°C. The material presented a network of primary carbides, white and grey, and an austenitic matrix with coalescing secondary precipitation. Some voids. The Vickers identation indicates a hardness value about 260HV 100g in the aged austenitic matrix.
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ML00173 / May.2021
Welding Cracks in an Aged HP Cast Fitting
M - Heat Resistant SteelP - Cast FtittingAp - PetrochemicalCd - Welding
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Microhardness identations

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