Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking Initiation and Growth in Mill-Annealed Alloy 600 Tubing in High-Temperature Caustic

Corrosion

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 504-514

  Brisson, B W ^a   Ballinger, R G ^a   McIlree, A R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloy 600; Alloy 690; Caustic; Intergranular attack; Intergranular stress corrosion cracking; Pressurized water reactor; Steam generator; Stress intensity; Temperature; Tubing

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ESTIMATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE TESTING; NICKEL ALLOYS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; STEAM GENERATORS; TUBING;

HIGH TEMPERATURE CAUSTIC; INTERGRANULAR ATTACK; NICKEL ELECTRODE; STRESS INTENSITY TEMPERATURE;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 0013002064     PISSN: 00109312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5006/1.3284878     Document Type: Article

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