Casting

4 cases · 8 images

Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Condition: Brittle Behavior Capture method: Optical Microscope Detail focus: Fracture clear all

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Micrography of the section transverse to the fracture (top of the figure). The fracture is intergranular, there are several secondary cracks, and there are deposits of zinc over the fracture. The zinc makes difficult the etch with Nital to reveal the microstructure close to the fracture surface.
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ML00138 / Jun.2018
Liquid Metal Embrittlement of a HSLA Steel
M - High Strength Low AlloyP - Coated ProductAp - Mechanical IndustryCd - Liquid Metal Embrittlement
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fracture
Micrography transverse to the fracture surface (in the top of the figure). The fracture is brittle and follows the interdendritic spaces, since these regions where the positions where there were casting defects.
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ML00098 / Nov.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Casting Lifting Device
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - CastingAp - LiftingCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fracture
Micrography transverse to the fracture, showing that the region that broke presented in the shaft thickness a large amount of brittle structures (ledeburite), that suggest a too large extension of the chill effect.
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ML00060 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron Camshaft
M - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fracture
The micrography of the stem at the fracture region shows a flat fracture with transgranular clevage at the ferritic structure.
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ML00040 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Valve Stem
M - Nodular Cast IronP - Valve StemAp - ShipCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fracture

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ML00098 — Brittle Fracture of a Casting Lifting DeviceM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - CastingAp - LiftingCd - Brittle Fracture
Micrographic detail of a transverse section, at the fracture (in the top of the figure). The fracture is brittle and follows the voids at interdendritic spaces, with secondary cracks.
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ML00098 / Nov.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Casting Lifting Device
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - CastingAp - LiftingCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fracture
Micrographic detail of a transverse section, at the fracture (in the top of the figure). The fracture is brittle and follows the voids at interdendritic spaces, with secondary cracks.
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ML00098 / Nov.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Casting Lifting Device
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - CastingAp - LiftingCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fracture
ML00060 — Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron CamshaftM - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Micrographic detail of the structure in a section transverse to the fracture, showing that the brittle region in the shaft is associated to a large amount of ledeburite.
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ML00060 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron Camshaft
M - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fracture
ML00040 — Brittle Fracture of a Valve StemM - Nodular Cast IronP - Valve StemAp - ShipCd - Brittle Fracture
Micrography presenting a detail of the fracture surface opening to the graphite nodules.
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ML00040 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Valve Stem
M - Nodular Cast IronP - Valve StemAp - ShipCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fracture