A problem which has received considerable attention during the past few years has been the stress corrosion cracking of 304 stainless steel in high temperature aqueous environments(1). Three conditions are considered to be essential for stress corrosion cracking (SCC) to occur in such environments: (i) a sensitized microstructure, (ii) a critical level of stress or strain, and (iii) a critical level of dissolved oxygen(2). The subject of this paper is focused on the sensitized microstructure condition.

Subject
Water, Piping, Carbides, Intergranular stress corrosion cracking, Transmission electron microscopy, Mechanical failure, Heat, Sensitization, Oxygen, Dissolved oxygen, Stainless steel, Grain boundary, Heat treatment
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