... environment. Two specimens with very similar 0.2% proof stress and different contents of reversed austenite were used to study the effect of reversed austenite on stress corrosion cracking (SCC). Slow strain rate testing (SSRT) with hydrogen precharged specimens and under cathodic polarization confirmed...

... assisted cracking (EAC) evaluation by slow strain rate testing reveals that PH17-4 after the two-step tempering treatment has high EAC resistance in the simulated geothermal power plant environment excluding H₂S. ^‡ Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]...

...Chien-Lin Lai; Wen-Feng Lu; Jiunn-Yuan Huang The slow strain rate tests (SSRT) at a nominal strain rate 1× 10⁻⁶/s were conducted to evaluate the mechanical properties of CF8A cast austenitic stainless steel (CASS) in air and high-temperature water environments. CF8A CASS is mainly...

...Hans Hoffmeister; Thomas Böllinghaus High-temperature slow strain rate testing (SSRT) – ductility data from cathodic hydrogen charging of 10CrMo910 and 7CrMoVTiB1010 are implemented into a mathematical model of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) at various operational conditions including temperatures...

... the change in hardness upon exposure to the solution at select cathodic potentials. The hydrogen microprint technique (HMT) was used to observe the hydrogen distribution on the sample surface. Slow strain rate testing (SSRT) was conducted to determine HE susceptibility under applied potential in the range...

...G. Hinds; A. Turnbull The resistance to hydrogen-assisted cracking of welded supermartensitic stainless steel (SMSS) under cathodic protection conditions has been evaluated using the slow strain rate technique. Slow strain rate testing at very low strain rates (nominally 10^–8 s...

... (UNS S42200) are currently being considered as candidate target structural materials for transmutation applications. This paper presents the results of stress corrosion cracking studies of these three alloys in aqueous environments of different pH values under constant load and slow strain rate testing...

... and 170°C/8 h). SCC behavior was investigated using slow strain rate testing (SSRT) in air and 3.5% sodium chloride (NaCl) solution (environment). U-bend testing was carried out as a qualitative test. SSRT results show a remarkable improvement in the SCC resistance in three-step aged samples. For example...

...C. García; F. Martín; P. De Tiedra; S. Alonso; M.L. Aparicio The stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of cold-worked and sensitized Type 304 (UNS S30400) stainless steels has been evaluated using the slow strain rate test. Tests were carried out in an aqueous solution of 1 N sulfuric acid...

...-annealed or aged alloys in chlorides were examined using anodic polarization testing, critical pitting temperature measurements, and slow strain rate testing. Influences of W on degradation of mechanical properties of the alloys caused by precipitation of secondary phases during aging at 850°C were...

...) process as well as a standard gas-tungsten arc welding process for comparison. Pitting corrosion was assessed through potentiodynamic polarization experiments. U-bend and slow strain rate tests were used to determine SCC resistance. The FSW samples exhibited superior resistance to pitting corrosion...

...B. Gu; J. Luo; X. Mao The effect of hydrogen on stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of pipeline steels in the near-neutral pH solutions that form in coating disbondments was studied using slow strain rate tests (SSRT), polarization techniques, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and secondary ion mass...

... electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation test intergranular stress corrosion cracking Huey test nitric acid potassium thiocyanate slow strain rate testing sodium chloride sodium thiosulfate sulfuric acid Alloy 600 (UNS N06600) ⁽¹⁾ is used widely as steam generator tube material...

... duplex stainless steels homogenization magnesium chloride microstructure molybdenum phases polarization slow strain rate testing stress corrosion cracking sulfuric acid tungsten It is well known that duplex stainless steels (DSS) have higher resistance to pitting corrosion and stress...

... cracking irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking slow strain rate testing stainless steel Alloy 600 (UNS N06600) ⁽¹⁾ is used extensively for steam generator tubing and for reactor vessel head penetrations in pressurized water reactors (PWR). Since the first recorded laboratory...

...S. Zhang; T. Shibata; T. Haruna The intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC) behavior of sensitized type 304 (UNS S30400) stainless steel (SS) in dilute sodium borate (Na₂B₄O₇) solutions at 95°C was examined by slow strain rate testing (SSRT) using a dynamic...

...M. Le Calvar; P.M. Scott; T. Magnin; P. Rieux Strain oxidation cracking of both forged and welded austenitic stainless steels (SS) was studied. Creep and slow strain rate tests (SSRT) were performed in vacuum, air, and a gas furnace environment (air + carbon dioxide [CO₂] + water...

... factor affecting IGSCC. 08 1996 01 1997 1 2010 NACE International 1997 deformation dissolved oxygen grain boundary intergranular stress corrosion cracking irradiation microhardness neutron fluence neutron irradiation proof stress slow strain rate testing strain stress...

... uptake remained proportional to i^1/2. The measurements of hydrogen uptake provide a reference framework for identifying critical parameters for stress corrosion testing and interpretation of results. Preliminary stress corrosion tests were conducted using the slow strain rate testing (SSRT...

... (NaOH) solutions, all of which are environments related to steam turbine conditions, using the slow strain rate testing (SSRT) technique. In NaCl, the effects of solution pH, concentration, and anodic and cathodic polarization were investigated. Tests were supplemented by detailed electron fractography...