Optical Microscope

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Product: Welded Joint Condition: Damage Microstructure: Austeno ferritic clear all

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Micrography by OM 1Micrography by OM using A262 Method A 18Oxalic Acid Electrolytic Etch 9

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Sample surface. Microstructure of the plate base metal, exposed to high temperature exhausting gases. Refined austenite and some cracks.
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ML00174 / Jul.2021
Carburization of a 347 SS Welded Joint
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - EnergyCd - Carburization
Cm - Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchDf - Base Metal
As polished micrography of the hydraulic line sample in the longitudinal section, close to the outer diameter, showing that the cracks are branched and thin, opened to the external surface.
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ML00095 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Riser Control Line
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Close to the External Surface
Through wall cracking in the longitudinal seam weld of the fitting. Several cracks, longitudinal to the weld, were created by the connection of voids in the weld metal, associated to a strong microstructural evolution.
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ML00061 / Apr.2017
Creep in a Seam Weld of a 304H SS Fitting
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Creep
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Cracks

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ML00174 — Carburization of a 347 SS Welded JointM - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - EnergyCd - Carburization
Detailed microstructure of the plate base metal, exposed to high temperature exhausting gases. Refined austenite, precipitation of carbides in the grain boumdaries and some cracks.
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ML00174 / Jul.2021
Carburization of a 347 SS Welded Joint
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - EnergyCd - Carburization
Cm - Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchDf - Austenite
Detailed microstructure of the plate base metal, exposed to high temperature exhausting gases. Refined austenite, precipitation of carbides in the grain boumdaries and some cracks.
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ML00174 / Jul.2021
Carburization of a 347 SS Welded Joint
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - EnergyCd - Carburization
Cm - Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchDf - Crack
Sample surface. Microstructure of the weld metal, exposed to high temperature exhausting gases. Austeno-ferritic structure and some cracks.
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ML00174 / Jul.2021
Carburization of a 347 SS Welded Joint
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - EnergyCd - Carburization
Cm - Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchDf - Weld Metal
Detailed microstructure of the weld metal, exposed to high temperature exhausting gases. Austeno-ferritic structure and some cracks.
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ML00174 / Jul.2021
Carburization of a 347 SS Welded Joint
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - EnergyCd - Carburization
Cm - Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchDf - Ferrite and Austenite
Detailed microstructure of the weld metal, exposed to high temperature exhausting gases. Austeno-ferritic structure, strong carbide precipitation integranular and transgranular, and some cracks.
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ML00174 / Jul.2021
Carburization of a 347 SS Welded Joint
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - EnergyCd - Carburization
Cm - Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchDf - Cracks

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ML00095 — MIC of a Riser Control LineM - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Behavior
Base metal micrography in the longitudinal section, showing an austenitic granular structure. Ghost lines evidence the hot forming direction.
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ML00095 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Riser Control Line
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Austenite
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the line at the fusion line of the fitting, close to OD. It is possible to see that the base metal is austenitic and the weld metal is austeno-ferritic. In the center of the thickness the average hardness of the fitting is 250HV1 and the average hardness of the weld metal is 180HV1.
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ML00095 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Riser Control Line
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Fusion Line
Micrographic detail of the fusion line of the fitting, close to OD. Austenitic base metal and austeno-ferritic weld metal.
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ML00095 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Riser Control Line
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Fusion Line
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the hydraulic line sample at the cracking position, localized in the fitting and starting from the outer diameter (OD).
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ML00095 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Riser Control Line
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Branched Cracks
Micrographic detail of the branched cracks at the fitting, close to OD.
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ML00095 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Riser Control Line
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Branched Cracks
ML00061 — Creep in a Seam Weld of a 304H SS FittingM - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Creep
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the fitting, at the base metal, presenting an austenitic structure with intergranular and transgranular precipitation as a result of microstructural evolution.
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ML00061 / Apr.2017
Creep in a Seam Weld of a 304H SS Fitting
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Creep
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Base Metal
Micrographic detail of the fitting base metal, presenting an austenitic structure with intergranular and transgranular precipitation as a result of microstructural evolution.
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ML00061 / Apr.2017
Creep in a Seam Weld of a 304H SS Fitting
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Creep
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Base Metal
Micrography of a transverse section of the seam weld, close to the internal surface, presenting several cracks perpendicular to the thickness.
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ML00061 / Apr.2017
Creep in a Seam Weld of a 304H SS Fitting
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Creep
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Close to the Internal Surface
Micrographic detail of the seam weld close to the internal surface, presenting the needles that are the result of microsctructural evolution and cracks filled with oxides.
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ML00061 / Apr.2017
Creep in a Seam Weld of a 304H SS Fitting
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Creep
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - Close to the Internal Surface
Micrography of a transverse section of the seam weld, in the middle of the thickness, presenting several parallel cracks.
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ML00061 / Apr.2017
Creep in a Seam Weld of a 304H SS Fitting
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Creep
Cm - Micrography by OM using A262 Method ADf - In the Center of the Thickness

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