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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Product: Plate Condition: Preferential Dissolution Capture method: Optical Microscope clear all

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Micrography of a transverse section of the platesheet presenting a duplex structure, alpha (light yellow) and beta (orange) phases.
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ML00125 / Mar.2018
Dezincification of a Cooler Tubesheet
M - BrassP - PlateAp - ShipCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - FeCl3+HCl+Ethanol Etched MicroDf - Alpha and Beta

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ML00125 — Dezincification of a Cooler TubesheetM - BrassP - PlateAp - ShipCd - Preferential Dissolution
Micrography of the transverse section of the platesheet at the interface between the corroded and the non-corroded regions. The micrography is in the as polished condition.
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ML00125 / Mar.2018
Dezincification of a Cooler Tubesheet
M - BrassP - PlateAp - ShipCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Preferential Dissolution
Micrography of the transverse section of the platesheet showing that part of the material (right side in the top of the figure) was lost (corroded).
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ML00125 / Mar.2018
Dezincification of a Cooler Tubesheet
M - BrassP - PlateAp - ShipCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Preferential Dissolution
Micrographic detail of the dezincification effect, where the beta phase is preferentially corroded, leaving a cooper rich phase (red) that is porous and easily cracks.
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ML00125 / Mar.2018
Dezincification of a Cooler Tubesheet
M - BrassP - PlateAp - ShipCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Dezincification
Micrographic detail of the dezincification effect, where the beta phase is preferentially corroded, leaving a cooper rich phase (red) that is porous and easily cracks.
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ML00125 / Mar.2018
Dezincification of a Cooler Tubesheet
M - BrassP - PlateAp - ShipCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Cracks
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

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