Stress corrosion cracking in alloys

Scully, J. C. (Ed.), The Theory of Stress Corrosion Cracking in Alloys, NATO, Brussels (1971)... 

Sandoz, G., Fujii, C. T. and Brown, B. F., Solution Chemistry Within Stress-corrosion Cracks in Alloy Steels , Corros. Sci., 10, 839 (1970)... 

Some of the original studies with the use of smooth bar specimens found It lacks correlation with service conditions. Interpretation of results is difficult. It often indicates stress corrosion cracking in alloy-environment combinations that do not cause failures in service. It does not address notch sensitivity [42],... 

Figure 4.45 Schematic of film rupture model (a) illustrates the main feature of the model—the protective film is ruptured at the crack tip by localized slip, permitting propagation by anodic dissolution. The crack tip is depicted in greater details in (b) which illustrates the view that crack advance results from a number of independent film rupture and transient dissolution events. (From Staehle, R.W. (1979). Stress Corrosion Cracking in Alloys, NATO, p. 223)...

Figure 4.53 Polarization curves for a modified 12% Cr martensitic stainless steel in 3% NaCl at 25°C. (B.E. Wilde, The theory of stress corrosion cracking in alloys, NATO Scientific Committee Research Evaluation Conference, 1971. Reproduced by kind permission of British Corrosion Journal)...

Scully, J. Theory of stress corrosion cracking in alloys. Corros. Sci. 15, 207 (1975)... 

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