Scanning Electron Microscope

3 cases · 15 images

Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

The same fracture appearance of the previous figure, looking at a higher magnification by scanning electron microscopy.  The fracture is clean, flat, starting in the right side of the figure, at the margem of the weld and propagating into the pipe thickness. The external side of the pipe is to the right side of the figure and the internal side of the pipe is to the left side of the figure.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fracture
ML00049 / Apr.2017
Pipe to Flange Welded Joint in a 14" ND Superduplex Spool
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Piping spoolAp - Oil and GasCd - Removed From Service
Cm - Electrolytic Etch Micrography by SEMDf - Duplex structure
External surface aspect of the flange showing preferential dissolution, responsible for nucleation of the through wall cracking.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Preferential Dissolution

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ML00150 — Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil PipingM - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Fracture apperance by scanning electron microscopy of the region where the fatigue crack started, from the piping outside . The fracture is flat, presents some smashed regions close to the surface (to the right side)  and there are some thin secondary cracks.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Fracture
Fracture detail by scanning electron microscopy of the region where the cracking started, from the piping outside . The fracture is flat and shows fatigue striation.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Striation
Fracture apperance by scanning electron microscopy in the center of the thickness where the crack propagated through wall. The fracture is flat and the striation is not so clear at this magnification.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Fracture
Fracture detail by scanning electron microscopy of the region cloin the center of the thockness.  The fracture is flat and shows fatigue striation.
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ML00150 / Dec.2018
Vibration Induced Fatigue in a SS Oil Piping
M - Duplex Stainless SteelP - PipingAp - FPSOCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Striation
ML00049 — Pipe to Flange Welded Joint in a 14" ND Superduplex SpoolM - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Piping spoolAp - Oil and GasCd - Removed From Service
ML00049 / Apr.2017
Pipe to Flange Welded Joint in a 14" ND Superduplex Spool
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Piping spoolAp - Oil and GasCd - Removed From Service
Cm - Electrolytic Etch Micrography by SEMDf - Duplex structure
ML00002 — Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSSM - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Detail of the region at the flange external surface where the material is suffering the preferential corrosion.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Preferential Dissolution
Micrographic detail of the through wall cracking in the middle of the thickness, showing that the cracking is associated to ferrite network in the (super)duplex microstructure.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Micrography by SEMDf - Crack
Micrographic detail of the cracking, associated to the ferrite network, that presents both corrosion (preferential dissolution) and fracture (clevage) aspects.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Electrolytic Etch Micrography by SEMDf - Crack
The fracture surface, although presenting a large amount of corrosion products, shows also evidences of a brittle behavior with regions of cleavage micromechanism.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Electrolytic Etch Micrography by SEMDf - Delta ferrite

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