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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

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Fractographic aspect of the broken fastener, at the surface, showing na intergranular morphology typical of a hydrogen assisted mechanism of a high strenght steel under cathodic protection.
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ML00074 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Intergranular Cracking

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ML00074 — Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea BoltM - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Micrographic detail of intergranular cracks close to the fracture of the bolt, near the bolt surface where the macroscopi aspect was brittle.
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ML00074 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Intergranular Cracking
The micrography, in the "as polished" condition, of the longitudinal section of the bolt showing that there are non-continuous longitudinal cracks, intergranular, associated to regions of impurities, probably segregation bands, as evidenced by the grey elongated sulfide inclusions.
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ML00074 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Intergranular Cracking
Micrographic detail of the longitudinal cracks in the middle of the bolt, that generaate the secondary cracks that appear at the fracture surface.
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ML00074 / Jun.2018
Hydrogen Cracking of a 17-4 PH Subsea Bolt
M - Precipitation Hardened Stainless SteelP - FastenerAp - SubseaCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Intergranular Cracking