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Optical micrography of a longitudinal section of the fractured bolt, at the thread. The material is austenitic, free from carbides, and the threads were almost removed by the stress corrosion cracks.
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ML00157 / Feb.2020
Bolts Under Chloride SCC Conditions
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - Oil and GasCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchDf - Stress Corrosion Cracks
Micrographic detail of the strain hardened austenitic structure in the longitudinal section of the bolt.
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ML00101 / Nov.2017
High Strength 316SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Austenite
Micrographic detail of the strain hardened austenitic structure in the longitudinal section of the bolt.
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ML00087 / Nov.2017
High Strength Austenitic SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Austenite

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ML00157 — Bolts Under Chloride SCC ConditionsM - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - Oil and GasCd - Stress Corrosion
Aspect of a 5/16" bolt manufactured in an AISI 316 austenitic stainless steel, that was also operating inside the pressure vessel, but was not yet damaged. It is a hexagonal head bolt, 1 1/2" long, fastened with a hexagonal nut and a lock washer.
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ML00157 / Feb.2020
Bolts Under Chloride SCC Conditions
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - Oil and GasCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Low magnification micrography, by optical microscope, of the longitudinal section of a damaged bolt, in the center of the thickness. The microstructure is austenitic, free from carbides.
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ML00157 / Feb.2020
Bolts Under Chloride SCC Conditions
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - Oil and GasCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchDf - Austenite
Micrography, by optical microscope, of the longitudinal section of a damaged bolt, in the center of the thickness. The microstructure is austenitic, free from carbides, strain hardened. The hardness values of the material are from 200HV1 to 300HV1, that meets the class 2 of strenght (ASTM A193 B8M class 2).
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ML00157 / Feb.2020
Bolts Under Chloride SCC Conditions
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - Oil and GasCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Strain Hardened
Detail of the strain hardened austenitic microstructure. Micrography by optical microscope, of the longitudinal section of a bolt, in the center of the thickness.
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ML00157 / Feb.2020
Bolts Under Chloride SCC Conditions
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - Oil and GasCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchDf - Strain Hardened
Aspect of a broken 5/16" bolt that was operating inside the pressure vessel in a condition that exceeds the limits of use of the AISI 316 steel. The fracture is located close to the position where there was the bolt head and the threads were "removed" close to the fracture surface.
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ML00157 / Feb.2020
Bolts Under Chloride SCC Conditions
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - Oil and GasCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture

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ML00101 — High Strength 316SS BoltM - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the bolt, in the center of the body thickness. Strain hardened austenic structure.
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ML00101 / Nov.2017
High Strength 316SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Strain Hardened
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the bolt, in the center of the body thickness. Strain hardened austenic structure.
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ML00101 / Nov.2017
High Strength 316SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Strain Hardened
Aspect of the bolts M12 x 25.
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ML00101 / Nov.2017
High Strength 316SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the bolt, at the thread. The bolt was cold deformed and the thread was cold rolled.
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ML00101 / Nov.2017
High Strength 316SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Strain Hardened
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the bolt, at the thread. The bolt was cold deformed and the thread was cold rolled.
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ML00101 / Nov.2017
High Strength 316SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Strain Hardened

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ML00087 — High Strength Austenitic SS BoltM - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the bolt, in the center of the body thickness. Strain hardened austenic structure.
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ML00087 / Nov.2017
High Strength Austenitic SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Strain Hardened
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the bolt, in the center of the body thickness. Strain hardened austenic structure.
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ML00087 / Nov.2017
High Strength Austenitic SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Strain Hardened
Socket head capscrew bolt, M10 x 70, 1.5 coarse thread.
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ML00087 / Nov.2017
High Strength Austenitic SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the bolt, at the thread. The bolt was cold deformed and the thread was cold rolled.
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ML00087 / Nov.2017
High Strength Austenitic SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Strain Hardened
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the bolt, at the thread. The bolt was cold deformed and the thread was cold rolled.
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ML00087 / Nov.2017
High Strength Austenitic SS Bolt
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - BoltAp - SubseaCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Strain Hardened

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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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