Susceptibility to SOHIC for linepipe and pressure vessel steels - Review of current knowledge

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 071151-0711527

  Pargeter, Richard J ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon steel; Fabrication; Mechanism of cracking test methods; Pipeline; Pressure vessel; Service failures welding; SOHIC; Sour

Indexed keywords

C-MN STEEL; CRITICAL REVIEW; EFFECTS OF MATERIALS; HYDROGEN-INDUCED CRACKING; INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE; MATERIALS SELECTION; PLANAR CRACKS; PRESSURE VESSEL STEELS; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; SERVICE CONDITIONS; SERVICE FAILURE; SERVICE FAILURES WELDING; SOHIC; SOUR; SULFIDE STRESS CRACKING; TEST METHOD;

BOILERS; CAISSONS; CARBON STEEL; CORROSION; CRACKS; FABRICATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS TESTING; PIPELINES; PRESSURE VESSELS; TESTING; WELDING;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 69249111361     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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