Optical Microscope

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Application: Siderurgy Detail focus: Damage clear all

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As polished micrography 1Micrography by OM 1Nital Etched Micrography by OM 2

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Micrographic aspect, as polished, of a transverse section of the tube (bottom side of the image, orange), at the interface between the tube and the melted steel over the external diameter (top side of the image, grey). In the copper tube there are several microcracks and regions of incipient melting (voids).
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ML00180 / Mar.2022
Local Melting of Copper Cooling Tubes
M - Pure CopperP - Cooling TubeAp - SiderurgyCd - Overheating
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Cracks
Micrography, in the as polished condition, of the TUBE REMOVED FROM SERVICE, centrifugally cast, in the transverse section, presenting external surface oxides and voids.
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ML00038 / Apr.2017
Cast SS Tube for High Temperature Service
M - Heat Resistant SteelP - Centrifugally Cast PipeAp - SiderurgyCd - Creep
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Voids
Polished cross-section showing rounded graphite nodules within a ferritic matrix, bordered by an irregular oxidized region at the surface edge.
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ML00001 / Dec.2017
Thermal Fatigue of Cast Iron
M - Nodular Cast IronP - CastAp - SiderurgyCd - Thermal Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Oxide Layer

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ML00001 — Thermal Fatigue of Cast IronM - Nodular Cast IronP - CastAp - SiderurgyCd - Thermal Fatigue
The graphite nodules remain at the surface and the matrix was consumed during high temperature exposition.
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ML00001 / Dec.2017
Thermal Fatigue of Cast Iron
M - Nodular Cast IronP - CastAp - SiderurgyCd - Thermal Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Oxide Layer