Optical Microscope

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Application: Boiler Condition: Damage Microstructure: Bainite clear all

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The tube microstructure is ferritic-pearlitic, typical of this kind of material. No evidences of microstrutural changes were detected (no overheating, no decarburization).
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Ferrite and Pearlite
Micrographic detail of the longitudinal section of the tube, close to the external surface. The carburizing layer consists of a bainitic structure, with intergranular and intragranular carbide precipitation.
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ML00107 / Dec.2017
Carburized 9Cr1MoV Superheater Tube
M - Heat Resistant SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Carburization
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Carburized Layer

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ML00163 — Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall TubeM - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
The internal side of the tube presented multiple cracks, filled with oxides, blunt-tipped, typical of a corrosion fatigue cracking mechanism.
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Parallel cracks
Micrographic detail of the corrosion cracking from internal side of the tube, in several points at the tube surface.
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Corrosion Cracking
Low magnification micrography of the multiple cracks, parallel, transgranular. No evidences of microstrutural changes (heat evolution or decarburization).
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Transgranular Cracking
Micrography presenting the internal tube surface with several parallel cracks, some still in the beginning (less than 0.1 mm deep).
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Parallel cracks
Micrography of the crack tip, initiated from the internal tube surface. The crack is transgranular, filled with oxides and blunt-tipped.
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Transgranular Cracking

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ML00107 — Carburized 9Cr1MoV Superheater TubeM - Heat Resistant SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Carburization
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the tube, close to the internal surface. A thick scale is evident, but no microstructural changes compared to the center of the tube.
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ML00107 / Dec.2017
Carburized 9Cr1MoV Superheater Tube
M - Heat Resistant SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Carburization
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Bainite
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the tube in the center of the thickness, showing a ferritic-bainitic structure of this CrMoV steel.
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ML00107 / Dec.2017
Carburized 9Cr1MoV Superheater Tube
M - Heat Resistant SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Carburization
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Bainite
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the tube in the center of the thickness, showing a ferritic-bainitic structure of this CrMoV steel.
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ML00107 / Dec.2017
Carburized 9Cr1MoV Superheater Tube
M - Heat Resistant SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Carburization
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Bainite
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the tube in the center of the thickness, showing a ferritic-bainitic structure of this CrMoV steel.
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ML00107 / Dec.2017
Carburized 9Cr1MoV Superheater Tube
M - Heat Resistant SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Carburization
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Bainite
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the tube, close to the external surface, presenting a thick deposit.
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ML00107 / Dec.2017
Carburized 9Cr1MoV Superheater Tube
M - Heat Resistant SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Carburization
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Close to the External Surface

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