Failure analysis of an unused delivery tube of stainless steel 316L

Yang Li, Yong Jiang, Jianming Gong

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Abstract

316L stainless steel has good resistance to pitting corrosion, but pitting failure can also occur under certain conditions. The reasons for the leakage of an unused 316L heating furnace tube were analyzed by macro analysis’ chemical composition analysis’ electron scanning microscopy (SEM) ’ energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and microstructure analysis. The results show that many Cl- and Br- ions were contained in the water used in hydraulic pressure test for the tube. After hydraulic pressure test, the tube was sealed before the water had been drained completely, resulting in the occurrence of pitting corrosion in storage period.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1005-748X(2018)10-0810-04
Pages (from-to)810-813
Number of pages4
JournalCorrosion and Protection
Volume39
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2018

Keywords

  • 316L stainless steel
  • Hydraulic pressure test
  • Pitting corrosion
  • Tube

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