Scanning Electron Microscope

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

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Electrolytic Etch Micrography by SEM 2Fractography by SEM 3Micrography by SEM 1Surface Aspect by SEM 2

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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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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
Micrographic detail of the ferrite network with evidences of precipitation/formation of detrimental phases. NaOH solution was adopted for the electrolytic etching.
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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 - Delta ferrite

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