Governing document: Welding and inspection of piping

Classification: Internal

Annex B (Normative) Acceptable oxidations of welds in stainless steels

Fig. 1 a) to g). All pictures show root side of welding process GTAW (141) weld with Argon shielding gas. Picture a) to d) shows examples of acceptable oxidation, while picture e) to g) shows examples of unacceptable oxidation.

a) Good gas protection

b) Acceptable gas protection.

c) Acceptable provided the blue areas are intermittent.

d) Acceptable provided the brown coloured zone close to the weld is as shown, narrow and light coloured.

e) Poor back purge. Not acceptable.

f) Poor back purge. Not acceptable.

g) Extremely bad result. Not acceptable.

Project development (PD)Technical and professional requirement, TR1826, Final Ver. 2, valid from 2011-06-29 Page 35 of 37 Validity area: Corporate tech. and prof. req./All locations/All value chains/On- and offshore