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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

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Micrographic aspect of the aged martensite structure of the 17-4 PH bolt, about 37 HRc.
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ML00074 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite

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ML00074 — Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea BoltM - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Micrographic detail of the aged martensite structure of the 17-4 PH bolt, about 37 HRc.
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ML00074 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the bolt, at the bottom of the thread fillet, showing that the fracture is intergranular in this position.
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ML00074 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Longitudinal Section
Micrographic detail of intergranular cracks close to the fracture of the bolt, near the bolt surface where the macroscopi aspect was brittle.
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ML00074 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Intergranular Cracking
The micrography, in the "as polished" condition, of the longitudinal section of the bolt showing that there are non-continuous longitudinal cracks, intergranular, associated to regions of impurities, probably segregation bands, as evidenced by the grey elongated sulfide inclusions.
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ML00074 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Intergranular Cracking
Micrographic detail of the longitudinal cracks in the middle of the bolt, that generaate the secondary cracks that appear at the fracture surface.
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ML00074 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Intergranular Cracking