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Crack growth in microalloyed pipeline steels for sour gas transport

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Different cracking modes in a sour gas environment were observed. These modes were mainly related to the microstructure obtained during the manufacturing process of two API X52 microalloyed steels. A banded ferrite/pearlite microstructure was found to be susceptible to hydrogen effects, whereas an acicular ferrite with a grain boundary bainite/bainite microstructure was found to be more susceptible to dissolution in crack-tip regions.

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  1. CIICAP-UAEM, Av. Universidad 1001, 62210, Cuernavaca, Mor, Mexico

    S. Serna

  2. Centro de Ciencias Físicas, and Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, P.O. Box 48-3, Mor. C.P. 62251, Cuernavaca, México

    B. Campillo & J. L. Albarrán

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Serna, S., Campillo, B. & Albarrán, J.L. Crack growth in microalloyed pipeline steels for sour gas transport. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 14, 224–228 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1361/10599490522194

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