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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

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Micrography of a longitudinal section of the pipe AA 3003. Granular structure that reveals the forming direction and dispersed particles.
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ML00059 / Feb.2018
Intergranular Corrosion of Aluminum Piping
M - Aluminum ManganeseP - Welded JointAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Intergranular Corrosion
Cm - Keller Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal Left Side
The micrography shows the region underbead, of the tube HAZ, responsible for the hydrogen cracking (fracture in the right side of the photo - black). The hardness of the HAZ is about 600 HV.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Cracking

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ML00059 — Intergranular Corrosion of Aluminum PipingM - Aluminum ManganeseP - Welded JointAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Intergranular Corrosion
Micrographic detail of a longitudinal section of the pipe AA 3003. Granular structure and dispersed particles.
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ML00059 / Feb.2018
Intergranular Corrosion of Aluminum Piping
M - Aluminum ManganeseP - Welded JointAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Intergranular Corrosion
Cm - Keller Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal Left Side
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the pipe AA 6063. Granular structure and dispersed particles.
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ML00059 / Feb.2018
Intergranular Corrosion of Aluminum Piping
M - Aluminum ManganeseP - Welded JointAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Intergranular Corrosion
Cm - Keller Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal Right Side
Micrography of the Fusion Line of the AA 3003 pipe, presenting a narrow HAZ.
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ML00059 / Feb.2018
Intergranular Corrosion of Aluminum Piping
M - Aluminum ManganeseP - Welded JointAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Intergranular Corrosion
Cm - Keller Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fusion Line Left Side
Micrography of the Fusion Line of the AA 3003 pipe, presenting a narrow HAZ.
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ML00059 / Feb.2018
Intergranular Corrosion of Aluminum Piping
M - Aluminum ManganeseP - Welded JointAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Intergranular Corrosion
Cm - Keller Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fusion Line Left Side
Micrographic detail of the Fusion Line of the AA 3003 pipe, presenting a narrow HAZ.
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ML00059 / Feb.2018
Intergranular Corrosion of Aluminum Piping
M - Aluminum ManganeseP - Welded JointAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Intergranular Corrosion
Cm - Keller Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fusion Line Left Side

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ML00052 — Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural PartM - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Low carbon plate base metal presenting the ferritic perlitic structure.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal
High Strenght Low Alloy steel tube, base metal, presenting the bainitic structure.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal
Micrography of the low carbon steel plate at the fusion line, presenting a bainitic structure at the HAZ and ferritic structure in the weld metal.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fusion Line
The micrography shows the martensitic region of the tube HAZ responsible for the hydrogen cracking, presenting too high hardness level (600 HV). It is a fresh martensite since the joint was welded in one pass and there was no PWHT.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrography of the weld metal in the center of the fillet showing a 100% acicular ferrite that is a microestructure of a high strenght steel, evidenced the effect of the dilution of the tube chemistry in the weld metal.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Weld Metal

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