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The drilling connector, 21" diameter, presented a crack at the margin of the weld in the forging side (left side of the weld in the figure).
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ML00178 / Jan.2022
Cold cracks in Cr-Mo Welded Forging
M - CrMo SteelP - ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
The macrography of a longitudinal section of the pipe and connector, at the welded joint, shows that the welding was conducted from both side of the groove, starting from the ID and finishing from the OD, ID later machined flush. The cracking was detected by ultrasonic test and the macro shows that it is at the fusion line, growthing into the weld metal. See the schematic drawing in the next figure
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ML00072 / Jan.2018
Liquation Cracks in a High Strength Joint
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Longitudinal Section
Macrography showing the different regions of a pipe-to-plate fillet weld. See the schematic drawing in the next image
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Fracture
Image of the magnetic particle test, using a white contrast, presenting the cracks at the surface of the weld metal. The cracks are transverse to the weld and do not propagate into the base metals. A forged T in the right side of the figure and a thick wall tube in the left side of the figure, both in P12 CrMo steel.
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ML00071 / Jan.2019
Reheating Cracking of a CrMo Vessel Weld
M - CrMo SteelP - In Field WeldAp - EnergyCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect by NDTDf - Cracks
The repair weld presented several cracks in the weld metal, transverse to the weld, detected during inspection using magnetic particle test. The cracks were mainly located in regions of the structure where the repair was conducted by welding in the vertical position using 1/8" stick electrode.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect by NDTDf - Cracking
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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ML00178 — Cold cracks in Cr-Mo Welded ForgingM - CrMo SteelP - ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Circumferential weld aspect. Two passes in the cap. This forging to pipe welded joint, 22 mm thick, was welded by an automatic process in a narrow gap. The pipe is to the top of the image and the forging is to the bottom of the image.
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ML00178 / Jan.2022
Cold cracks in Cr-Mo Welded Forging
M - CrMo SteelP - ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - External Surface
The dye check image shows the detected crack, 50 mm long, at the margin of the weld in the forging side.
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ML00178 / Jan.2022
Cold cracks in Cr-Mo Welded Forging
M - CrMo SteelP - ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect by NDTDf - Cracking
Macrography of the welded joint between the forging and the pipe, showing it was welded in a narrow gap, indicating by the arrow the location of the crack at the margin of the weld, in the forging side.
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ML00178 / Jan.2022
Cold cracks in Cr-Mo Welded Forging
M - CrMo SteelP - ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Welded Joint
Quenched and tempered structure of the F22 steel forging, presenting about 230HV10 average hardness.
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ML00178 / Jan.2022
Cold cracks in Cr-Mo Welded Forging
M - CrMo SteelP - ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal
Tempered martensitic structure for the F22 forging base metal.
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ML00178 / Jan.2022
Cold cracks in Cr-Mo Welded Forging
M - CrMo SteelP - ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Tempered Martensite

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ML00072 — Liquation Cracks in a High Strength JointM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Schematic drawing presenting the longitudinal section of the pipe and connector at the welded joint
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ML00072 / Jan.2018
Liquation Cracks in a High Strength Joint
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Identification drawingDf - Longitudinal Section
Hot cracking at the fusion line of the connector side, in a welded joint between a forging and a pipe, in a macrographic sample. The region of the heat affected zone of the connector presents a dendritic aspect suggesting that the forging reduction rate of the connector was not too high and did not broke the cast structure.
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ML00072 / Jan.2018
Liquation Cracks in a High Strength Joint
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Welded Joint
The connector was welded to the pipe from both (internal and external) sides, a PWHT was applied and the part was machined. The UT indication was detected during final inspection.
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ML00072 / Jan.2018
Liquation Cracks in a High Strength Joint
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Micrography of the welded joint fusion line presenting the liquation cracking. The weld metal is in the right side (bottom) and the forged connector heat affected zone is in the left side (top).
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ML00072 / Jan.2018
Liquation Cracks in a High Strength Joint
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Cracking
The liquation crack is a hot crack in the base metal (at the HAZ) that induces a solidification crack in the weld metal.
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ML00072 / Jan.2018
Liquation Cracks in a High Strength Joint
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Longitudinal Seam Welded PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Weld Metal

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ML00052 — Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural PartM - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Schematic drawing presenting the different regions of a pipe-to-plate fillet weld.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Identification drawingDf - Fracture
Macrography of the fillet welded joint between the 3" ND tube and the 3/4" thick plate. See the schematic drawing in the next figure
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Welded Joint
Schematic drawing presenting the position of the cracking, at the margin of the weld in the tube and underbead.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Identification drawingDf - Welded Joint
The micrography shows the region underbead, of the tube HAZ, responsible for the hydrogen cracking (fracture in the right side of the photo - black). The hardness of the HAZ is about 600 HV.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Cracking
Low carbon plate base metal presenting the ferritic perlitic structure.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal

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ML00071 — Reheating Cracking of a CrMo Vessel WeldM - CrMo SteelP - In Field WeldAp - EnergyCd - Welding Defect
Aspect of the butt welded joint surface, after grinding to remove the reinforcement, polishing and macro etching. There are multiple cracks, transverse to the weld and restricted to the weld metal. The surface hardness are 167HB for the tube (left side), 180 HB for the Forged T (right side) and 272 HB for the weld metal, suggesting lack of a suitable PWHT.
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ML00071 / Jan.2019
Reheating Cracking of a CrMo Vessel Weld
M - CrMo SteelP - In Field WeldAp - EnergyCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Surface AspectDf - Cracks
The morphology of the cracking in the weld metal is intergranular (in the previous austenite grain boundaries), and branched. The replication technique was adopted to define the nature of the cracks.
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ML00071 / Jan.2019
Reheating Cracking of a CrMo Vessel Weld
M - CrMo SteelP - In Field WeldAp - EnergyCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital etched, OMDf - Cracks
Detail of the weld metal intergranular and branched cracking (in the previous austenite grain boundaries). The replication technique was adopted to define the nature of the cracks.
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ML00071 / Jan.2019
Reheating Cracking of a CrMo Vessel Weld
M - CrMo SteelP - In Field WeldAp - EnergyCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital etched, OMDf - Cracks
The forged T presented a ferritic perlitic/bainitic structure at the surface, where the replica was conducted. The base material material hardness is 180 HB.
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ML00071 / Jan.2019
Reheating Cracking of a CrMo Vessel Weld
M - CrMo SteelP - In Field WeldAp - EnergyCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital etched, OMDf - Ferrite and Bainite
The thick wall tube presented a bainitic structure at the surface, where the replica was conducted. The base material material hardness is 167 HB.
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ML00071 / Jan.2019
Reheating Cracking of a CrMo Vessel Weld
M - CrMo SteelP - In Field WeldAp - EnergyCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital etched, OMDf - Bainite

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ML00010 — Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld MetalM - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
After grinding to remove the cracks, it was possible to see that they originated in the root, with longitudinal and transverse cracking, and localized in the weld metal only.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect by NDTDf - Cracking
Acetate metallographic replica from the surface, before cracking removal, showing the intergranular morphology of the cracks in a very refined weld metal structure.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital etched, OMDf - Intergranular Cracking
Detail of the acetate metallographic replica from the surface, before cracking removal, showing the (previous austenite) intergranular morphology of the cracks in a very refined weld metal structure.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital etched, OMDf - Intergranular Cracking
Tempered martensitic structure of the plate base metal.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal
Detail of the tempered martensitic structure of the plate base metal. Hardness level of 27 HRc.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal

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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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