Optical Microscope

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Microstructure: Tempered Martensite Standard: Modified clear all

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Micrography of a longitudinal section of the socket at the position where the fracture occurred. Uniform tempered martensitic structure. The hardness of this microstructure is 639 HV1Kg.
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ML00161 / Mar.2020
Brittle Fracture of a High Strength Socket
M - Medium Carbon Tool SteelP - ToolAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Tempered martensite of the pipe body of this API 5D grade S135 drill pipe. The material presents, at this low magnification micrographic aspect, a slightly banded structure, usual for this type of drill pipe.
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ML00159 / Mar.2020
Collapse of a Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Banded Structure
The micrography in the longitudinal section in the middle of the thickness shows a light banding. Quenched and tempered structure.
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ML00037 / Jun.2017
LAS Forging for Pump Body
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Heat Treated PartAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Longitudinal Section

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ML00161 — Brittle Fracture of a High Strength SocketM - Medium Carbon Tool SteelP - ToolAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Micrography of a longitudinal section presenting an uniform tempered martensitic structure.
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ML00161 / Mar.2020
Brittle Fracture of a High Strength Socket
M - Medium Carbon Tool SteelP - ToolAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrographic detail of the tempered martensitic structure.
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ML00161 / Mar.2020
Brittle Fracture of a High Strength Socket
M - Medium Carbon Tool SteelP - ToolAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrography, as polished, of the socket in a section transverse to the fracture, showing the fracture in the top and secondary brittle cracks.
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ML00161 / Mar.2020
Brittle Fracture of a High Strength Socket
M - Medium Carbon Tool SteelP - ToolAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Secondary Cracks
Micrographic details of cracks with brittle aspect (straight and multiple cracks).
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ML00161 / Mar.2020
Brittle Fracture of a High Strength Socket
M - Medium Carbon Tool SteelP - ToolAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Cracks
Micrography of the socket in a section transverse to the fracture, showing the fracture in the top and some secondary brittle cracks.
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ML00161 / Mar.2020
Brittle Fracture of a High Strength Socket
M - Medium Carbon Tool SteelP - ToolAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Secondary Cracks

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ML00159 — Collapse of a Drill PipeM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Ductile Behavior
Micrographic detail of the tempered martensite in the longitudinal section of the pipe body. Uniform structure.
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ML00159 / Mar.2020
Collapse of a Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrographic detail of the tempered martensite in the longitudinal section of the pipe body.
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ML00159 / Mar.2020
Collapse of a Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the pipe, at the thicker part of the fracture, showing several secondary cracks opened to the external side of the pipe. There are no problems in the material structure and the cracks are associated to large plastic deformation.
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ML00159 / Mar.2020
Collapse of a Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Ductile Crack
Micrographic detail of the secondary cracks opened to the external side of the pipe. The cracks are associated to large plastic deformation.
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ML00159 / Mar.2020
Collapse of a Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Ductile Crack
Micrographic detail of the ductile secondary cracks in the pipe body, close to the fracture. The strong plastic deformation is associated to the compression stresses generated by the buckling.
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ML00159 / Mar.2020
Collapse of a Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Plastic Deformation

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ML00037 — LAS Forging for Pump BodyM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Heat Treated PartAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Typical manufacturing
Quenched and tempered structure of the 1" thick forging presenting a light banding.
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ML00037 / Jun.2017
LAS Forging for Pump Body
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Heat Treated PartAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Banded Structure
Longitudinal section in the middle of the thickness. Quenched and tempered structure.
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ML00037 / Jun.2017
LAS Forging for Pump Body
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Heat Treated PartAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Vickers microhardness in and out of the segregation bands. The average hardness value in the band (1, 2 and 3 identations) is 354 HV 50g and out of the band (4, 5 and 6 identations) is 286 HV 50g.
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ML00037 / Jun.2017
LAS Forging for Pump Body
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Heat Treated PartAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Typical manufacturing
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Banded Structure