University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Masters Theses Graduate School 8-2014 An Evaluation of Void Formation in Ex-Service and Creep Tested HP Alloy Tubing Used for Hydrocarbon Reforming Zane William Fox Palmer University of Tennessee - Knoxville,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes Part of the Metallurgy Commons Recommended Citation Palmer, Zane William Fox, "An Evaluation of Void Formation in Ex-Service and Creep Tested HP Alloy Tubing Used for Hydrocarbon Reforming. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2014. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/2874 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Zane William Fox Palmer entitled "An Evaluation of Void Formation in Ex-Service and Creep Tested HP Alloy Tubing Used for Hydrocarbon Reforming." I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Master of Science, with a major in Materials Science and Engineering. Carl D. Lundin, Major Professor We have read this thesis and recommend its acceptance: Hahn Choo, Easo P. George Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) An Evaluation of Void Formation in Ex-Service and Creep Tested HP Alloy Tubing Used for Hydrocarbon Reforming A Thesis Presented for the Master of Science Degree The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Zane William Fox Palmer August 2014 Abstract HP alloy tubing is commonly used in petroleum reforming facilities for its high temperature strength and resistance to corrosion.