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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

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The position of the fracture at the starting point of the failure is brittle, transgranular, with a cleavage/quase-cleavage morphology.
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ML00176 / Nov.2021
Hydride Formation in a Titanium Blade
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - BladeAp - Oil and GasCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
Fractographic aspect by scanning electron microscopy, in the center of the broken bolt, presenting transgranular fracture micromechanism.
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ML00139 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Fracture of a 17-4 PH Allen Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - Allen BoltAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
Fractographic aspect of the valve body fracture surface after opening the crack. The fracture micromechanism is brittle, by cleavage, with several secondary microcracks associated to the sigma phase.
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ML00134 / Aug.2020
Brittle Fracture of a Superduplex Valve Body
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
Details of the inclusion decohesion and cleavage.
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ML00103 / Nov.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Free-Cutting Connector
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Machined PartAp - ShipCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
Fractographic analysis of the pin detailing a region of predominantly quasecleavage fracture micromechanism, associated to a macroscopic flat fracture surface.
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ML00088 / Dec.2017
Hydrogen Cracking of an API 5D S135 Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
The fracture surface is flat, shows the graphite nodules and cleavage of the ferritic microstructure, indicating that the material have exceeded the capacity to acomodate the stress.
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ML00040 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Valve Stem
M - Nodular Cast IronP - Valve StemAp - ShipCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
The fracture surface, although presenting a large amount of corrosion products, shows also evidences of a brittle behavior with regions of cleavage micromechanism.
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets

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ML00176 — Hydride Formation in a Titanium BladeM - Unalloyed TitaniumP - BladeAp - Oil and GasCd - Hydride Formation
SEM fractograph showing a cleavage facet with radiating river-pattern markings and scattered fine surface particles.
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ML00176 / Nov.2021
Hydride Formation in a Titanium Blade
M - Unalloyed TitaniumP - BladeAp - Oil and GasCd - Hydride Formation
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
ML00139 — Hydrogen Fracture of a 17-4 PH Allen BoltM - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - Allen BoltAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Fractographic detail of the transgranular fracture micromechanism, brittle.
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ML00139 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Fracture of a 17-4 PH Allen Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - Allen BoltAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
ML00134 — Brittle Fracture of a Superduplex Valve BodyM - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Fracture
Fractographic detail of the valve body fracture surface after opening the crack. The fracture micromechanism is brittle, by cleavage, with several secondary microcracks associated to the sigma phase.
52
VIEW
ML00134 / Aug.2020
Brittle Fracture of a Superduplex Valve Body
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
ML00040 — Brittle Fracture of a Valve StemM - Nodular Cast IronP - Valve StemAp - ShipCd - Brittle Fracture
Detail of the cleavage micromechanism.
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ML00040 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Valve Stem
M - Nodular Cast IronP - Valve StemAp - ShipCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
ML00002 — Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSSM - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Fracture surface of the broken Charpy V testpiece, tested at ambient temperature and presenting only 10J average energy. The brittle fracture presented cleavage facets associated to the detrimental phases in the ferrite network.
84
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ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets
Detail of the fracture surface of the broken Charpy V testpiece, tested at ambient temperature and presenting only 10J average energy. The brittle fracture presented cleavage facets associated to the detrimental phases in the ferrite network.
89
VIEW
ML00002 / Jan.2018
Preferential Dissolution and Cracks in SDSS
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - PipingCd - Preferential Dissolution
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Cleavage Facets