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Micrography of a transverse section of the pipe, presenting a refined duplex structure. The ferrite is blue/red and the austenite is white/yellow.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Duplex structure
Micrography of a transverse section of the seamless pipe, presenting a ferritic-pearlitic structure.
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ML00149 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a Gas Piping
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Piping spoolAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Ferrite and Pearlite
Micrography of the plate material presenting a granular austenitic structure, free from precipitation.
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ML00051 / Apr.2020
Chloride SCC of 316 Heat Exchanger Plate
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Heat Exchanger PartAp - FPSOCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Eletrolytically Etched Micrography by OMDf - Austenite
Micrography of the pipe base metal presenting a refined duplex ferritic austenitc structure, banded.
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ML00049 / Apr.2017
Pipe to Flange Welded Joint in a 14" ND Superduplex Spool
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Piping spoolAp - Oil and GasCd - Removed From Service
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Duplex structure
Micrography of a transverse section of the pipe, presenting the pitting corrosion. As polished.
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ML00014 / Apr.2017
Pitting Corrosion in 316SS Pipe
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Pitting
Macrography transverse to the circunferential weld, longitudinal to the piping, presenting the location, a little far from the welded joint margin, where the through wall cracking is positioned.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Through Wall Cracking

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ML00150 — Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil PipingM - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Micrography of a transverse section of the pipe, presenting a refined duplex structure. The ferrite is blue/red and the austenite is white/yellow.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Duplex structure
Micrographic detail of the ferritic/austenitic structure of the pipe, in a transverse section. The ferrite is blue/red and the austenite is white/yellow.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Banded Structure
Micrography of a transverse section of the fititng, presenting a coarser structure. The ferrite is blue/red and the austenite is white/yellow.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Coarse Structure
Micrography of a transverse section of the fititng, presenting a coarser structure. The ferrite is blue/red and the austenite is white/yellow.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Duplex structure
Micrography of a transverse section of the fititng, presenting a coarser structure. The ferrite is red/orange and the austenite is white/yellow.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Duplex structure

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ML00149 — Vibration Induced Fatigue in a Gas PipingM - Low Carbon SteelP - Piping spoolAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Micrography of a transverse section of the seamless pipe, presenting a ferritic-pearlitic structure.
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ML00149 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a Gas Piping
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Piping spoolAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Ferrite and Pearlite
Micrography showing the cracking starting point, in the pipe, exactly at the margin of the weld.
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ML00149 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a Gas Piping
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Piping spoolAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Margin of the Weld Crack
Micrographic detail of the cracking starting point, in the pipe, exactly at the margin of the weld.
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ML00149 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a Gas Piping
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Piping spoolAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fatigue Crack
Micrography of a section tranverse to the pipe and to the weld between the 8"pipe and the 2" fitting weldolet. The crack starts exactly at the margin of the weld and propagates in the pipe longitudinal direction, in a straight line, not related to any metallurgical aspect.
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ML00149 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a Gas Piping
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Piping spoolAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Cracking
Micrographic detail of the fatigue crack propagation in the pipe longitudinal direction, in a straight line, not related to any metallurgical aspect.
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ML00149 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a Gas Piping
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Piping spoolAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Fatigue Crack

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ML00051 — Chloride SCC of 316 Heat Exchanger PlateM - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Heat Exchanger PartAp - FPSOCd - Stress Corrosion
Micrographic detail of the austenitic microstructure of the heat exchanger plate, free from carbides that suggest the adoption of a material in a solution annealed condition, although the high hardness level indicates cold working.
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ML00051 / Apr.2020
Chloride SCC of 316 Heat Exchanger Plate
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Heat Exchanger PartAp - FPSOCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Eletrolytically Etched Micrography by OMDf - Austenite
Micrography presenting the transgranular morphology of the stress corrosion cracks of the austenitic plate. EDS analysis at the plate surface indicated high Cl peaks.
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ML00051 / Apr.2020
Chloride SCC of 316 Heat Exchanger Plate
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Heat Exchanger PartAp - FPSOCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Eletrolytically Etched Micrography by OMDf - Corrosion Cracking
Micrographic detail of a branch transgranular crack typical of CSCC. Moreover, there is no evidence of intergranular precipitation.
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ML00051 / Apr.2020
Chloride SCC of 316 Heat Exchanger Plate
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Heat Exchanger PartAp - FPSOCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Corrosion Cracking
ML00049 — Pipe to Flange Welded Joint in a 14" ND Superduplex SpoolM - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Piping spoolAp - Oil and GasCd - Removed From Service
Micrographic detail of the pipe base metal presenting a refined duplex ferritic austenitc structure, banded.
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ML00049 / Apr.2017
Pipe to Flange Welded Joint in a 14" ND Superduplex Spool
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Piping spoolAp - Oil and GasCd - Removed From Service
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Base Metal
Micrographic detail of the pipe base metal presenting a refined duplex ferritic austenitc structure, banded.
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ML00049 / Apr.2017
Pipe to Flange Welded Joint in a 14" ND Superduplex Spool
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Piping spoolAp - Oil and GasCd - Removed From Service
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Duplex structure
Micrography of the flange base metal presenting a coarse duplex ferritic austenitc structure.
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ML00049 / Apr.2017
Pipe to Flange Welded Joint in a 14" ND Superduplex Spool
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Piping spoolAp - Oil and GasCd - Removed From Service
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Duplex structure
Micrographic detail of the flange base metal presenting a coarse duplex ferritic austenitc structure. Detrimental phases associated to the ferritic structure.
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ML00049 / Apr.2017
Pipe to Flange Welded Joint in a 14" ND Superduplex Spool
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Piping spoolAp - Oil and GasCd - Removed From Service
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Duplex structure
Micrography of the pipe heat affected zone. In the left the pipe base metal, with banded duplex structure; and in the right the weld metal, with Widmanstatten morphology of the structure.
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ML00049 / Apr.2017
Pipe to Flange Welded Joint in a 14" ND Superduplex Spool
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Piping spoolAp - Oil and GasCd - Removed From Service
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Heat Affected Zone

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ML00014 — Pitting Corrosion in 316SS PipeM - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
Austenitic structure at the transverse section of the pipe, free from carbides.
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ML00014 / Apr.2017
Pitting Corrosion in 316SS Pipe
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Austenite
Austenitic structure, free from carbides, exactly in the region of the pitting, indicating that the corrosion is not associated to the material microstructure.
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ML00014 / Apr.2017
Pitting Corrosion in 316SS Pipe
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Austenite
ML00002 — Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSSM - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Longitudinal section micrography at the cracked position, close to the external surface of the flange, showing cracks transverse to the thickness, associated to the microstructure.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Cracks Transverse to the Surface
Longitudinal section micrography at the cracked position, close to the internal surface of the flange (exposed to the corrosive fluid), showing preferential dissolution associated to the microstructure.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Preferential Dissolution
Micrography of the flange in the longitudinal section. The flange microstructure is ferritic austenitic, presenting a coarse structure.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Coarse Structure
Micrographic detail of the flange microstructure in the longitudinal section. The flange is ferritic austenitic, presenting 70% of austenite. In the ferrite network there are evidences of precipitation/formation of detrimental phases.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Duplex structure
Micrographic detail of the flange microstructure in the longitudinal section. The flange is ferritic austenitic, presenting 70% of austenite. In the ferrite network there are evidences of precipitation/formation of detrimental phases.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Duplex structure