Subsea

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Condition: Corrosion Capture method: Fractography by SEM clear all

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The through wall cracking was opened by citting the two sides and the aspect was characterized by SEM. Although there was a film at the fracture surface, probably because the fitting was removed from service some time after it was leaking, the fracture micromechanism is by quasecleavage, typical of a stress corrosion cracking.
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ML00094 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Subsea Hydraulic Line
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Transgranular Fracture
Microscopic detail of the fracture surface in the position where the fracture is intergranular, probably due to the MIC attack creating an embrittled condition of the material.
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ML00080 / Sep.2017
MIC of Stacking Disc Springs
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Intergranular Fracture

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ML00080 — MIC of Stacking Disc SpringsM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Microscopic detail of the fracture surface in the position where the fracture is intergranular, probably due to the MIC attack creating an embrittled condition of the material. A surface film is evident in this position suggesting that the fracture remained open and exposed to the environment during a certain time before the failure was detected.
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ML00080 / Sep.2017
MIC of Stacking Disc Springs
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Intergranular Fracture
Fracture micromechanisms. Intergranular fracture in the top of the figure (close to the groove) and transgranular fracture in the bottom of the figure, where the mechanism changed to transgranular by quasecleavage.
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ML00080 / Sep.2017
MIC of Stacking Disc Springs
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Intergranular Fracture
Microscopic detail of the fracture surface where it is transgranular, by quasecleavage. This aspect is similar to the one expected for this high strenght material without any embrittlement.
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ML00080 / Sep.2017
MIC of Stacking Disc Springs
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Transgranular Fracture
Microscopic detail of the fracture surface where it is transgranular, by quasecleavage. This aspect is similar to the one expected for this high strenght material without any embrittlement.
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ML00080 / Sep.2017
MIC of Stacking Disc Springs
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Transgranular Fracture