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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

Application: Ship Standard: AISI Capture method: Optical Microscope clear all

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Micrography of a transverse section of the spring, at the surface showing pits full of deposits.
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ML00172 / Mar.2021
Brittle Fracture of a LAS Valve Spring
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Transverse Section
Metallographic image of a longitudinal section of the clamp (axis in the vertical direction), showing a refined ferritic perlitic structure.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Longitudinal Section
Micrography of a transverse section of the engine bearing, close to the internal surface, showing two layers of bearing alloys that presents a total thickness of 600 microns.
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ML00083 / Oct.2017
Steel Back of a Bimetallic Engine Bearing
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Cold FormedAp - ShipCd - Removed From Service
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Surface Layer

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ML00172 — Brittle Fracture of a LAS Valve SpringM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Micrographic detail of the transverse section of the spring, at the surface, showing the pits full of corrosion deposits.
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ML00172 / Mar.2021
Brittle Fracture of a LAS Valve Spring
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Surface Deposits
Micrographic detail of spring surface, showing the pits full of corrosion deposits and a small decarburized layer (probably from the manufacturing processes).
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ML00172 / Mar.2021
Brittle Fracture of a LAS Valve Spring
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Decarburized Surface
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the spring, at the surface, indicating that there are multiple intergranular cracks initiating from the pit.
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ML00172 / Mar.2021
Brittle Fracture of a LAS Valve Spring
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Multiple cracks
Micrographic aspect of the multiple intergranular cracks, initiating from the bottom of a pit.
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ML00172 / Mar.2021
Brittle Fracture of a LAS Valve Spring
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Intergranular Cracking
Micrographic detail of the intergranular cracks, initiating from the bottom of a pit.
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ML00172 / Mar.2021
Brittle Fracture of a LAS Valve Spring
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - SpringAp - Oil and GasCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Intergranular Cracking

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ML00171 — Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe ClampM - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Metallographic detail of the longitudinal section of the clamp with a ferritic pearlitic structure.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Ferrite and Pearlite
Metallographic detail of the ferritic perlitic structure.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Ferrite and Pearlite
Metallographic aspect of a longitudinal section of the clamp, at the surface (left side of the image) showing a region where there are corrosion pits in the carbon steel clamp, due to the lack of protection by the coating, and the propagation of small transgranular cracks from to the surface.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Crack
The clamp presented several cracks, parallel, transverse to the axis. The appearance of the cracks in the metallographic section shows that some cracks propagate and growth with a irregular path.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Longitudinal Section
Metallographic aspect of the cracks showing that several microcracks join from different pits and growth through the section, in a transgranular morphologyy.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Transgranular Cracking

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ML00083 — Steel Back of a Bimetallic Engine BearingM - Low Carbon SteelP - Cold FormedAp - ShipCd - Removed From Service
Micrographic detail of a transverse section of the back steel of an engine bearing, presenting a predominantly ferritic structure, strain hardened.
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ML00083 / Oct.2017
Steel Back of a Bimetallic Engine Bearing
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Cold FormedAp - ShipCd - Removed From Service
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Predominantly Ferritic
Micrography of a transverse section of the back steel of an engine bearing, presenting a predominantly ferritic structure, strain hardened.
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ML00083 / Oct.2017
Steel Back of a Bimetallic Engine Bearing
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Cold FormedAp - ShipCd - Removed From Service
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Strain Hardened
Micrography of a transverse section of the back steel of an engine bearing, presenting a predominantly ferritic structure, strain hardened.
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ML00083 / Oct.2017
Steel Back of a Bimetallic Engine Bearing
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Cold FormedAp - ShipCd - Removed From Service
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Strain Hardened