Fabrication Weld

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Aspect of the fitting welded to a tubing, ND 5/8"  in a hydraulic line.  The through wall cracking is longitudinal in the fitting side.
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ML00094 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Subsea Hydraulic Line
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Visual aspect from the external side of the 14"ND  flange butt welded to a pipe, presenting a through wall crack about 5mm to 10mm from the butt welding.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Through Wall Cracking

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ML00094 — MIC of a Subsea Hydraulic LineM - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
ML00094 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Subsea Hydraulic Line
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - External Surface
ML00094 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Subsea Hydraulic Line
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Kalling Etched MacroDf - Longitudinal Section
ML00094 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Subsea Hydraulic Line
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Internal Surface
ML00094 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Subsea Hydraulic Line
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Surface AspectDf - Internal Surface
ML00094 / Sep.2017
MIC of a Subsea Hydraulic Line
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Behavior
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - External Surface

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ML00002 — Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSSM - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
External surface aspect of the flange showing preferential dissolution, responsible for nucleation of the through wall cracking.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Preferential Dissolution
Detail of the region at the flange external surface where the material is suffering the preferential corrosion.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Preferential Dissolution
Macrography of a longitudinal section of the flange to pipe weld, cracked in the flange. Pipe thickness, measured, is 5 mm. Flange thickness at the welded region is 7.5 mm. The macro was etched using NaOH solution, electrolytic.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MacroDf - Longitudinal Section
Macrography transverse to the circunferential weld, longitudinal to the piping, presenting the location, a little far from the welded joint margin,  where the through wall cracking is positioned.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Through Wall Cracking
Longitudinal section micrography at the cracked position, close to the external surface of the flange, showing cracks transverse to the thickness, associated to the 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 - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Cracks Transverse to the Surface

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