Subsea

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Condition: Damage Microstructure: Martensite Capture method: Optical Microscope clear all

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The disc spring presented several small pits, as this one, that did not propagate.
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ML00080 / Sep.2017
MIC of Stacking Disc Springs
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Pitting
Micrographic detail of a longitudinal section of the pin, at the fracture position, showing secondary cracks with intergranular and transgranular morphology.
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ML00009 / Sep.2017
Hydrogen Cracking of a 5" Drill Pipe S135
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Brittle Cracks

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ML00080 — MIC of Stacking Disc SpringsM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Micrographic aspect of the disc in the longitudinal section. Tempered martensitic structure, probably strain hardened.
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ML00080 / Sep.2017
MIC of Stacking Disc Springs
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrographic aspect of the disc in the transverse section. Tempered martensitic structure, probably strain hardened.
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ML00080 / Sep.2017
MIC of Stacking Disc Springs
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrographic aspect of the disc fracture (in the right side of the figure). It is possible to see that the structure is martensitic and there are secondary intergranular cracks associated to the fracture.
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ML00080 / Sep.2017
MIC of Stacking Disc Springs
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Intergranular Cracking
ML00009 — Hydrogen Cracking of a 5" Drill Pipe S135M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the pin showing a tempered martensite structure, with bands that are associated to segregations. The pin presented average hardness of 38 HRc in the section.
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ML00009 / Sep.2017
Hydrogen Cracking of a 5" Drill Pipe S135
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Banded Structure
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the pin showing a tempered martensite structure. The pin presented average hardness of 38 HRc in the section.
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ML00009 / Sep.2017
Hydrogen Cracking of a 5" Drill Pipe S135
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrographic detail of the longitudinal section of the pin showing a tempered martensite structure. The pin presented average hardness of 38 HRc in the section.
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ML00009 / Sep.2017
Hydrogen Cracking of a 5" Drill Pipe S135
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the pin, at the fracture position, showing a low magnification aspect of the fracture surface (top of the figure) and secondary cracks associated to the segregation band.
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ML00009 / Sep.2017
Hydrogen Cracking of a 5" Drill Pipe S135
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Cracking
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the pin, at the fracture position, showing the main fracture surface and secondary cracks associated to a segregation band, with an intergranular morphology.
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ML00009 / Sep.2017
Hydrogen Cracking of a 5" Drill Pipe S135
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Intergranular Cracking

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