Abstract
The stress-corrosion cracking of steel in anhydrous ammonia environments is difficult to interpret with traditional microscopic models, but has many of the characteristics of a film-induced cleavage process. The film responsible for cleavage nucleation is believed to be a thin nitrogen-rich layer.
Subject
Water,
Microelectrodes,
Iron,
Cleavage,
Ammonia,
Stress cracking,
Nitrogen,
Steel,
Passivation,
Oxygen,
Cracking,
Cracks,
Electrode potential
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1989
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
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