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The document discusses various damage mechanisms in API 571 including fatigue, corrosion, erosion, and hydrogen cracking. It provides example questions related to identifying these damage mechanisms and conditions that influence them. The questions cover topics like sulfidation, carburization, sour water corrosion, amine corrosion, and the influence of temperature, stress and chemical exposures.

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1 - Piping CBT API 571 Question

The document discusses various damage mechanisms in API 571 including fatigue, corrosion, erosion, and hydrogen cracking. It provides example questions related to identifying these damage mechanisms and conditions that influence them. The questions cover topics like sulfidation, carburization, sour water corrosion, amine corrosion, and the influence of temperature, stress and chemical exposures.

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SET 1: Question

API 571: Damage Mechanism


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API 571 Damage Mechanism Spheroidization Softening

API 571 ; MICROBIOLOGICALLY INDUCED CORROSION (MIC)


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API 571 Damage Mechanism
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1. What damage mechanism occurs due to the repeated application of stress or strain, often caused by
cyclical loading, temperature fluctuations, or other factors?
A. Corrosion
B. Creep
C. Erosion
D. Fatigue

2. _________ corrosion rates are found in a gas oil desulfurizers and hydrocrackers than naphtha
desulfurizers and hydrocrackers by a factor of almost 2.
A. Lower
B. Higher
C. Sulfidization
D. Hydrogen corrosion

3. Which of the following damage mechanisms is associated with the localized loss of material resulting in a
hole or pit in the equipment surface?
A. Erosion
B. Erosion-corrosion
C. Pitting
D. Creep

4. Convert these temperatures – 156º C and 450º F


A. 304º F, 151º C
B. 284º F, 218º C
C. 312º F, 232º C
D. 296º F, 246º C

5. In the context of API 571, what does “CUI” stand for in the damage mechanism CUI?
A. Corrosion Under Insulation
B. Corrosion Under Inspection
C. Critical Under Inspection
D. Critical Under Ignition

6. 300 Series SS is susceptible to LME when it comes in contact with molten ________.
A. Cadmium
B. Mercury
C. Zinc
D. Lead

7. Which damage mechanism is often a result of exposure to high-temperature process fluids and is
characterized by the formation of hard, brittle layers in the material?
A. Erosion
B. Carburization
C. Sulfidation
D. Fatigue

8. In fired heater tubes, dissimilar weld metal cracking forms primarily on the _______ of the material.
A. Outside
B. Inside
C. Welds
D. All of the above

9. What damage mechanism is primarily driven by the presence of hydrogen, causing the material to
become brittle and crack?
A. Corrosion
B. Hydrogen Stress Cracking
C. Erosion
D. Sulfidation

10. A form of mechanical fatigue in which cracks are produced as a result of dynamic loadings is _______.
A. Spheroidization
B. Vibration-induced cracking
C. Fatigue cracking
D. Stress cracking

11. In API 571, what damage mechanism results from a chemical reaction between the material and a fluid,
leading to material loss over time?
A. Erosion
B. Creep
C. Corrosion
D. Carburization

12. The creep threshold temperature for 1 ¼, 2 ¼, 5 and 9 Cr is ________.


A. 600º F
B. 700º F
C. 800º F
D. 1000º F

13. Which of the following damage mechanisms involves the loss of material from the equipment’s surface
due to the mechanical interaction with a fluid or solid?
A. Fatigue
B. Erosion
C. Sulfidation
D. Carburization

14. Thermal fatigue damage is in the form of cracking that may occur anywhere in a metallic component
where relative movement is constrained, particularly under repeated
__________.
A. Cyclic stresses
B. Thermal cycling
C. Pressure variations
D. All of the above

15. What is the primary damage mechanism associated with the formation of brittle phases in the material
due to exposure to high temperatures?
A. Creep
B. Sulfidation
C. Fatigue
D. Carburization

16. With sour water corrosion, at a given pressure, the HS concentration in the sour water _________ as
temperatures ________.
A. Increases, increases
B. Decreases, decreases
C. Increases, decreases
D. Decreases, increases

17. In API 571, what does “HIC” stand for in the context of damage mechanisms?
A. High Impact Corrosion
B. Hydrogen Induced Cracking
C. Heat-Induced Corrosion
D. High Integrity Coating

18. Mitigation of CUI is best achieved by _________.


A. A properly documented inspection program
B. A properly installed insulation system
C. A properly applied coating system
D. A properly documented NDE program

19. Which damage mechanism is characterized by the accelerated material loss due to the presence of sulfur
compounds in the environment or process fluid?
A. Fatigue
B. Creep
C. Sulfidation
D. Erosion

20. Carburization can be confirmed by a substantial increase in hardness and a _______ in ductility.
A. Loss
B. Gain
C. Change
D. None of the above

API 571 Damage Mechanism


5.1.1.1 Amine Corrosion
Q-1 amine corrosion depends on the design,operation practice, the type of amine, Amine concentration
and ___________.
A. Pressure B. Velocity C. Stress D. None of the above.

Q-2 Amine cracking is most often associated with__________ .


A. Lean amine B. Rich Amine C. H2S D. None of the above.

Q-3 Which of the following doesnot appear to have asignificant efffect on the propensty of Amine
Stress Corrosion Cracking? .
A. Amine conncentration B. Tensile Stress C. Type of amine D. Temperature

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