Deleterious Intergranular Phases in Nickel Alloy 725: Detection, Identification and Quantification

Alloy 725 is used in critical oil and gas equipment. However, failures have occurred, evidencing the lack of understanding of the role played by microstructure and the limitations of the current regulations. This work found a distinctive microstructural feature in failed batches. Specifically, faile...

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Main Author: Hazarabedian, Maria Sofia
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2021
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88096
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description Alloy 725 is used in critical oil and gas equipment. However, failures have occurred, evidencing the lack of understanding of the role played by microstructure and the limitations of the current regulations. This work found a distinctive microstructural feature in failed batches. Specifically, failed batches had a significant extent of F phase at grain boundaries, which increased cracking susceptibility. Additionally, the method developed to detect such microstructures may serve as a new qualification test.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-880962024-03-27T02:59:31Z Deleterious Intergranular Phases in Nickel Alloy 725: Detection, Identification and Quantification Hazarabedian, Maria Sofia Alloy 725 is used in critical oil and gas equipment. However, failures have occurred, evidencing the lack of understanding of the role played by microstructure and the limitations of the current regulations. This work found a distinctive microstructural feature in failed batches. Specifically, failed batches had a significant extent of F phase at grain boundaries, which increased cracking susceptibility. Additionally, the method developed to detect such microstructures may serve as a new qualification test. 2021 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88096 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Hazarabedian, Maria Sofia
Deleterious Intergranular Phases in Nickel Alloy 725: Detection, Identification and Quantification
title Deleterious Intergranular Phases in Nickel Alloy 725: Detection, Identification and Quantification
title_full Deleterious Intergranular Phases in Nickel Alloy 725: Detection, Identification and Quantification
title_fullStr Deleterious Intergranular Phases in Nickel Alloy 725: Detection, Identification and Quantification
title_full_unstemmed Deleterious Intergranular Phases in Nickel Alloy 725: Detection, Identification and Quantification
title_short Deleterious Intergranular Phases in Nickel Alloy 725: Detection, Identification and Quantification
title_sort deleterious intergranular phases in nickel alloy 725: detection, identification and quantification
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88096