Optical Microscope

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Condition: Brittle Behavior Standard: ALLOY clear all

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H2SO4+HNO3+H3PO4 Etched Micro 3Micrography by OM 1Nital Etched Micrography by OM 8

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Close to the camshaft lobe surface, the chilled casting presents a white cast iron structure. Primary carbides and ledeburite with a hardness level about 50 HRc.
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ML00060 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron Camshaft
M - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Close to the External Surface
Transverse section of the blade showing large grains of this poliycristaline cast material.
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ML00042 / Apr.2017
Gas Turbine Blade IN 939, Coated
M - NiCrCo AlloyP - CastAp - Gas TurbineCd - Intergranular Cracking
Cm - H2SO4+HNO3+H3PO4 Etched MicroDf - Coarse Structure

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ML00060 — Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron CamshaftM - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Micrographic detail of the chilled structure. Primary carbides, ledeburite and perlite islands.
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ML00060 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron Camshaft
M - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Close to the External Surface
In the center of the shaft thickness the structure is perlitic with graphite in flakes, but there are also islands of ledeburite.
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ML00060 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron Camshaft
M - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - In the Center of the Thickness
Micrographic detail of the structure in the center of the shaft thickness. Perlitic matrix with graphite in flakes, and ledeburite islands.
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ML00060 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron Camshaft
M - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - In the Center of the Thickness
In the intermediary position of the shaft thickness (T/4) the amount of perlite increases in the matrix and primary carbides decreases compared to the chilled surface.
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ML00060 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron Camshaft
M - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - T/4 of the external surface
Micrographic detail of the intermediary position of the shaft thickness (T/4). The amount of perlite increases in the matrix and primary carbides decreases compared with the chilled surface.
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ML00060 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron Camshaft
M - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - T/4 of the external surface

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ML00042 — Gas Turbine Blade IN 939, CoatedM - NiCrCo AlloyP - CastAp - Gas TurbineCd - Intergranular Cracking
Micrography close to the surface of the blade, showing the diffusion coating (aluminum base alloy) that is still sound. No strong oxidation or erosion was detected.
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ML00042 / Apr.2017
Gas Turbine Blade IN 939, Coated
M - NiCrCo AlloyP - CastAp - Gas TurbineCd - Intergranular Cracking
Cm - H2SO4+HNO3+H3PO4 Etched MicroDf - Coating
Micrography as polished of the region where there was a refrigeration hole, presenting a cracking.
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ML00042 / Apr.2017
Gas Turbine Blade IN 939, Coated
M - NiCrCo AlloyP - CastAp - Gas TurbineCd - Intergranular Cracking
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Cracking
The cracking from the refrigeration hole presents an intergranular morphology, as shown in the micrography of a transverse section of the blade.
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ML00042 / Apr.2017
Gas Turbine Blade IN 939, Coated
M - NiCrCo AlloyP - CastAp - Gas TurbineCd - Intergranular Cracking
Cm - H2SO4+HNO3+H3PO4 Etched MicroDf - Intergranular Cracking