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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

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Brittle Behavior 12Corrosion 39Ductile Behavior 5Fabrication Defect 20Fatigue 12High Temperature 9Hydrogen 17Lack of Sealing 1Repair Defect 1Shooting Effect 4Wear 3

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The main pipe, ND 18", has suffered a pipe through wall cracking at the margin of the 1 1/2" branch socket weld.
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ML00006 / Apr.2017
Vibration Induced Fatigue in 304SS
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Crack
The micrography of a longitudinal section of the pipe, close to the internal surface, shows a general corrosion mechanism (with slow wall thickness loss), although the graphite/matrix interface is corroded preferentially.
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ML00034 / Apr.2017
45 Years Old Acquaduct Grey Cast Iron
M - Gray Cast ironP - Centrifugally Cast PipeAp - AcquaductCd - General Corrosion
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Corrosion
Internal aspect of the 8" diameter pipe that suffered localized thinning and leakage. The vertical weld is the pipe seam and the horizontal weld is the circunferential butt weld.
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Localized Thinning
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the bolt at the fracture surface. The material showed several creep voids and interconnected cracks. The broken bolt remained in service during some time and the fracture surface presented a thick oxide layer(grey). As polished.
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ML00004 / Jun.2018
Creep in High Temperature Bolts
M - CrMo SteelP - FastenerAp - Gas TurbineCd - Creep
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Oxide Layer
Casting defect identified in the micrographic section, as polished, of the sample removed from the blade. The total lenght of the defect detected by magnetic particle during inspection is 10 mm.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Micrography by SEMDf - Void
Transverse section of the fitting that suffered a longitudinal cracking. As polished. The wrought fitting has suffered intergranular stress corrosion cracking from the internal surface, exposed to hot caustic environment.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Intergranular Cracking
Transverse section of the 2" diameter pipe at the pitting location. The pipe was leaking.
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ML00014 / Apr.2017
Pitting Corrosion in 316SS Pipe
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
Cm - Transverse Section AspectDf - Pitting
Mooring chain aspect, after several years of operation. Transverse cracking, revealed by dye check, close to the flash butt weld.
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ML00013 / Apr.2017
Welding Cracks in Mooring Chain
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Welded PartAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect by NDTDf - Crack

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ML00006 — Vibration Induced Fatigue in 304SSM - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
The macro section transverse to the welded region, show that the through wall cracking occurred in the pipe base metal, from the margin of the weld.
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ML00006 / Apr.2017
Vibration Induced Fatigue in 304SS
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Macro Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchedDf - Through Wall Cracking
Macro transverse to the weld showing that the fracture occurred in the main pipe, at the margin of the weld.
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ML00006 / Apr.2017
Vibration Induced Fatigue in 304SS
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Macro Oxalic Acid Electrolytic EtchedDf - Fracture
The fracture surface of the main pipe is presented in low magnification (external pipe surface in the top) showing a flat propagation starting from the contour of the weld margin.
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ML00006 / Apr.2017
Vibration Induced Fatigue in 304SS
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Margin of the Weld Crack
Fracture surface micromechanism by striation, evidence of FATIGUE.
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ML00006 / Apr.2017
Vibration Induced Fatigue in 304SS
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Striation
Fracture surface micromechanism by striation, evidence of FATIGUE.
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ML00006 / Apr.2017
Vibration Induced Fatigue in 304SS
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Vibration Induced Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Striation

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ML00034 — 45 Years Old Acquaduct Grey Cast IronM - Gray Cast ironP - Centrifugally Cast PipeAp - AcquaductCd - General Corrosion
Micrographic detail of the graphite/matrix interface corrosion, leading to a general corrosion loss.
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ML00034 / Apr.2017
45 Years Old Acquaduct Grey Cast Iron
M - Gray Cast ironP - Centrifugally Cast PipeAp - AcquaductCd - General Corrosion
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Graphite in Flakes
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the pipe, close to the internal surface, showing graphite in flakes and ferritic matrix with small regions of perlite.
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ML00034 / Apr.2017
45 Years Old Acquaduct Grey Cast Iron
M - Gray Cast ironP - Centrifugally Cast PipeAp - AcquaductCd - General Corrosion
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Predominantly Ferritic Matrix
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the pipe, close to the internal surface, showing graphite in flakes and ferritic matrix with small regions of perlite and eutetic in the middle of the perlite colonies.
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ML00034 / Apr.2017
45 Years Old Acquaduct Grey Cast Iron
M - Gray Cast ironP - Centrifugally Cast PipeAp - AcquaductCd - General Corrosion
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Predominantly Ferritic Matrix
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the pipe, in the center of the thickness. Graphite in flakes and ferritic matrix with small regions of perlite.
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ML00034 / Apr.2017
45 Years Old Acquaduct Grey Cast Iron
M - Gray Cast ironP - Centrifugally Cast PipeAp - AcquaductCd - General Corrosion
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Predominantly Ferritic Matrix
Micrography of the longitudinal section of the pipe, in the center of the thickness. Graphite in flakes and ferritic matrix with small regions of perlite.
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ML00034 / Apr.2017
45 Years Old Acquaduct Grey Cast Iron
M - Gray Cast ironP - Centrifugally Cast PipeAp - AcquaductCd - General Corrosion
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Ferrite and Pearlite

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ML00005 — Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti PipeM - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
External aspect of the 8" diameter pipe that suffered localized thinning and leakage associated to the welded regions. The vertical weld is the pipe seam and the horizontal weld is the circunferential butt weld.
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Welded Joint
Aspect of the internal surface of the pipe at the welded region, showing the interface of the thinning area in the weld and the pipe base metal.
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Localized Thinning
Region of the localized thinning at the weld metal, in a metallographic section, as polished. In the base metal the hydride layer is continuous and no thinning is evident (left side of the figure) and in the weld metal it is detached and cracked (right side of the figure).
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Micrography by SEMDf - Localized Thinning
The microstructure of the pipe base metal, in the center of the thickness, is granular alpha.
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Kroll Etched Micrography by OMDf - Granular structure
The pipe base metal, at the internal surface, presents a hydride layer showing that the environment is absorbing hydrogen. Although there are microcracks in this layer it did not detach in the base metal.
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ML00005 / Apr.2017
Environmental Hydrogen Damage in Ti Pipe
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - PipingCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Kroll Etched Micrography by OMDf - Hydride Formation

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ML00004 — Creep in High Temperature BoltsM - CrMo SteelP - FastenerAp - Gas TurbineCd - Creep
Micrographic detail of the creep voids and interconnected cracks. The broken bolt remained in service during some time and the fracture surface presented a thick oxide layer(grey). As polished.
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ML00004 / Jun.2018
Creep in High Temperature Bolts
M - CrMo SteelP - FastenerAp - Gas TurbineCd - Creep
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Interconnected Cracks
Micrographic detail of the creep voids and interconnected cracks. The broken bolt remained in service during some time and the fracture surface presented a thick oxide layer(grey). As polished.
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ML00004 / Jun.2018
Creep in High Temperature Bolts
M - CrMo SteelP - FastenerAp - Gas TurbineCd - Creep
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Voids
Micrography of a longitudinal section of a CrMov steel bolt that broke in service by a creep mechanism in a gas turbine. Tempered structure. Interconnected cracks paralled to the fracture surface.
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ML00004 / Jun.2018
Creep in High Temperature Bolts
M - CrMo SteelP - FastenerAp - Gas TurbineCd - Creep
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Crack
Micrographic detail of a longitudinal section of the bolt far from the fracture, presenting a tempered structure.
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ML00004 / Jun.2018
Creep in High Temperature Bolts
M - CrMo SteelP - FastenerAp - Gas TurbineCd - Creep
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Tempered Structure
Micrographic detail of a longitudinal section of the bolt close to the fracture, presenting an overtempered structure.
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ML00004 / Jun.2018
Creep in High Temperature Bolts
M - CrMo SteelP - FastenerAp - Gas TurbineCd - Creep
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Overtempered Structure
ML00017 — Casting Defect in CA6NMM - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Aspect of the magnetic particle result in the sample cut from the blade. The yellow scale is in mm.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Crack
Linear indication in the sample, after metallographic preparation. The "cracking" is a casting defect.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Kalling Etched MacroDf - Crack
Micrographic detail of the defect (void in the right side of the figure), as polished. In the left side it is the surface of the water blade and there are some non metalic inclusions in this region.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Void
Micrographic detail non metalic inclusions in the region where there are casting defects. As polished.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Non Metallic Inclusions
Blade microstructure. Tempered martensite, (probably) retained austenite and delta ferrite islands.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Delta Ferrite Islands

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ML00011 — Intergranular SCC of Pure NickelM - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
The fitting presented through wall cracks that lead to leaking. The internal aspect of the surface is presented where the cracks were still in the begining.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Crack
Microstructure of the fitting in the transverse section, presenting a granular Ni austenitic structure. No evidences of any phase in the grain boundaries.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Austenite
Microstructure of the fitting in the transverse section, presenting a granular Ni austenitic structure. No evidences of any phase in the grain boundaries.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Austenite
Microstructure of the fitting in the transverse section, presenting a granular Ni austenitic structure. No evidences of any phase in the grain boundaries.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Austenite
After opening the crack the fracture surface presented different aspects close to the internal surface and through the wall propagation. Intergranular at the surface, showing intergranular SCC mechanism, and transgranular with striation, showing the contribution of pulsing loads.
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ML00011 / Oct.2017
Intergranular SCC of Pure Nickel
M - Unalloyed NickelP - Wrought FittingAp - Chemical IndustryCd - Stress Corrosion
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Through Wall Cracking

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ML00014 — Pitting Corrosion in 316SS PipeM - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
The external surface of the 2" diameter pipe is rusted and the leakage is associated to “holes” that appear very small at the surface but that open a large hole in the middle of the thickness.
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ML00014 / Apr.2017
Pitting Corrosion in 316SS Pipe
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Corrosion
Image of the external surface of the pipe presenting regions of localized corrosion (in the beginning) and deposits
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ML00014 / Apr.2017
Pitting Corrosion in 316SS Pipe
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Corrosion
Image of the external surface of the pipe presenting deposits where there is a localized corrosion at the surface.
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ML00014 / Apr.2017
Pitting Corrosion in 316SS Pipe
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Corrosion
Image of the external surface of the pipe presenting the aspect of the localized corrosion by pitting.
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ML00014 / Apr.2017
Pitting Corrosion in 316SS Pipe
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Pitting
Micrography of a transverse section of the pipe, presenting the pitting corrosion. As polished.
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ML00014 / Apr.2017
Pitting Corrosion in 316SS Pipe
M - Austenitic Stainless SteelP - Seamless PipeAp - FPSOCd - Pitting Corrosion
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Pitting

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ML00013 — Welding Cracks in Mooring ChainM - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Welded PartAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the mooring chain in the base metal. The low magnification reveals the banded structure of the rolled bar. The base metal microstructure is bainitic..
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ML00013 / Apr.2017
Welding Cracks in Mooring Chain
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Welded PartAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Banded Structure
Micrographic detail of the bainitic microstructure of the base metal in the longitudinal section.
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ML00013 / Apr.2017
Welding Cracks in Mooring Chain
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Welded PartAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Bainite
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the mooring chain at the flash welded region. The banded structure is deformed by the upset, close to the weld metal that is ferritic-bainitic.
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ML00013 / Apr.2017
Welding Cracks in Mooring Chain
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Welded PartAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Bainitic Ferrite
Micrographic detail of the ferritic-bainitic weld metal, autogenous flash butt weld.
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ML00013 / Apr.2017
Welding Cracks in Mooring Chain
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Welded PartAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Bainitic Ferrite
Welded region etched to reveal impurities. The banded structure creates a continuous network parallel to the weld metal.
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ML00013 / Apr.2017
Welding Cracks in Mooring Chain
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Welded PartAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Micro by OM, picric acid+FeCl3+H2O etchDf - Segregated Regions

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