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MCS can offer expert opinions on the following:
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materials selection
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welding and weld defect analysis
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corrosion and corrosion-fatigue
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thermomechanical heat treatments
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microstructural analysis
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liquid metal embrittlement
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fatigue damage
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creep, creep-fatigue and creep crack growth
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microstructural defects
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microscopic cracking
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hydrogen damage
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environmentally assisted cracking, including stress-corrosion-cracking (SCC), hydrogen induced cracking and sulphide stress cracking.
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MCS has extensive experience of replica techniques for microstructural assessment including high temperature damage in materials.
Examples of metallographic work performed at MCS:
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| Liquid zinc embrittlment of stainless steel, showing pulled-out grain |
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| Metallographic sample of deposited weld metal (top) and parent metal (bottom) |
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| Steel pipeline displaying intergranular hydrogen assisted cracking |
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| Example of a chemical analysis using energy dispersive spectrographic analysis |
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