Abstract:The Oil and gas exploration is one of the most strategic industrial sectors in the Brazilian economy. The discovery of deep water reserves adds more difficulty to the already problematic use of materials in equipment in extremely corrosive environments. With the objective of increasing the service life of the equipment, and consequently reducing the cost of maintenance and preventing against environmental catastrophes, it is common to use CRA claddings via welding processes, in which the nickel superalloy coat… Show more
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