 
        Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
 Research Article   
								
																Microstructural Characterization of Mild Steel Used in Oil and Gas Pipeline 
																Author(s): Engr Shamsher Khan*, Aamir Iqbal, Muhammad Alamzaib Khan, Shakeel Ahmad and Tanzeela Sajjad             
								
																
						 Result associated with microstructural and strength analyses of the material collected from the oil field are presented.
  The effects of varying microstructure and hardness by heat treatment process were presented. The microstructural
  characterization and surface analysis were carried out by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Energy Dispersive
  Spectroscopy (EDS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), and Rockwell for hardness analysis. The energy dispersive spectroscopy
  EDS indicated that the samples were in the range of low carbon steel (AISI 1008) i.e. highly ductile and soft. XRD
  analysis showed that iron carbide phase was formed during service condition which is brittle in nature. Scanning
  electron microscopy (SEM) of the surface examination denotes that the material was greatly affected by erosion
  leading to crack initiation and propagation... View more»