Stress corrosion cracking of carbon and low-alloy steels can occur in aqueous environments at temperatures of interest to the power generation industry, and indeed such incidents have occurred. This paper outlines the extension to stress corrosion of a previously validated, mechanistically-based model of corrosion fatigue of low-alloy steels in water at 288°C. The quantitative validity of this model of stress corrosion is examined by comparing its predictions against observations of cracking in laboratory tests.

Subject
Sulfur, Strain rate, Water, Corrosion rate, Predicted corrosion rate, Tip strain, Crack propagation, Fatigue crack growth rate, Stress cracking, Cracks, Corrosion potential, Stress corrosion cracking, Low alloy steel
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1989
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