Alloy 825 and 718 gasket corrosion in deep water (500 m) connections
- Mentor Subsea Technology Services, Aberdeen (United Kingdom)
- Cortest Labs. Ltd., Sheffield (United Kingdom)
Corrosion has been observed on a number of alloy 718 (UNS N07718) and alloy 825 (UNS N08825) gaskets from subsea connections. The gaskets were in contact with either weld overlaid alloy 625 (UNS N06625) or super duplex stainless steel hubs (UNS S32750). A few hubs also showed some limited corrosion in regions where severe gasket corrosion had occurred. Corrosion was more prevalent on jumpers that had been exposed to sea water for a few months at alloy 718 (UNS N07718) gaskets in contact with alloy 625 (UNS N06625) weld overlay. General observations were that short term exposures of up to 20 days did not result in corrosion but longer exposures of 40--50 days resulted in severe attack. A program of work was carried out to determine the reason for the observed attack and to suggest ways of avoiding it in the future. This paper describes the findings of the study.
- OSTI ID:
- 697032
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-990401--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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