Cessation of environmentally-assisted cracking in a low-alloy steel: Experimental results

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-60

  Yin Li, Y ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE VESSELS; STEEL PIPE; STEEL STRUCTURES; SULFIDE CORROSION CRACKING; TENSILE TESTING;

ENVIRONMENTALLY ASSISTED CRACKING; LOW-ALLOY STEEL;

STEEL CORROSION;

EID: 0004298397     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00086-2     Document Type: Article

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