Preferential Dissolution

2 cases · 3 images

Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Micrography showing detachment of material at the surface of the platesheet. The cracks are associated to the dezincification effect, where the beta phase was preferentially corroded and became a weak porous layer.
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ML00125 / Mar.2018
Dezincification of a Cooler Tubesheet
M - BrassP - PlateAp - ShipCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Crack
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

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ML00002 — Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSSM - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
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