Blister cracking

Normally, a layer of FeS scale, produced in the first reaction, protects the interior of the pipe or vessel. However, in the second reaction, cyanide removes the FeS protective scale exposing more free iron to react with H2S and releasing more hydrogen. Without protection, this cycle continues until blistering, cracking, and eventual total corrosion of equipment occurs. 

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As compared with their low water absorption, silicone elastomers show an extremely high rate of water vapour transmission. The positive aspect of this property permits one to apply sihcone systems over concrete masonry and other substrates upon which other polymeric coatings blister, crack and peel (Cash, 1970). The negative aspect is that silicone rubber cannot be used as a vapour barrier. The permeabihty to liquids is less compared with that to vapours. 

Determination of the type and frequency of inspection on the risk is what risk-based inspection (RBI) is all about. Risk is quantitatively determined by the probability of failure and the consequences thereof. This implies that the type of failure (blistering, cracking, etc.) and its rate are known through experience, testing, or other information. The owner, on the basis of the contained liquid, its amount, and its hazardous nature, determines the consequences. In almost all cases, fluoropolymers are used for corrosive and hazardous chemicals, and the consequences of failure are quite severe. This has led to the general guidelines for type and frequency of inspections shown in Table 9.1. 

Two types of HIC cracks, namely, centerline cracks and blister cracks are shown in Figure 1.21. Blister cracks are related to the type and distribution of nonmetallic inclusions in the steel. MnS inclusions as well as planar arrays of other inclusions are generally initiation sites for cracking. The cracks propagate along a longitudinal direction, which is also the direction of alignment of the inclusions. 

Figure 1.21 Hydrogen-induced o acking (a) centerline cracks and (b) blister crack. (Figure originally published in Reference 104. Reproduced with permission of the Canadian Institute of Mining, MetaUurgy and Petroleum, www.cim.org.)...

Fig. 9.52 Hydrogen blistering and microcracks in the specimen precharged with /=50mA/cm for 30 h (a) unbroken blisterings (b) broken blistering with cracking, AFD and BEC are the fracture surface of the blistering cracks and (c) arrest lines EF, GH, and IJ on the fracture surface of the blistering crack [188].

Blistering/cracking due to gas evolution (e.g., through hydrogen sulfide produced by SRB)... 

In mild steels, blisters, cracks, and terraced fractures caused by slag and sulfide lines can occur under sufficiently high hydrogen uptake and static tensile stress below the yield point at low temperature (room temperature). Residual stress is often sufficient te generate local plastic deformation and initiate cracking. 

Under the influence of an applied stress, failure can occur by S.O.H.I.C., similar to H.I.C. except that the morphology of cracking is different. Whereas in H.I.C. the blister cracks form at widely distributed sites and then link in a stepwise pattern, in S.O.H.I.C. the blister cracks tend to form in an array that is per-... 

Belts and hoses are free of blisters, cracks, and cuts. 

Direct evidence of corrosion can be obtained by macroscopic measurement of creep from scribe, rnst intensity, blistering, cracking, and flaking. 

The first type is commonly referred to as HIC and can occur where little or no applied or residual tensile stress exists. It manifests as blisters or blister cracks oriented parallel to the plate surface. 

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