Influence of a mixed nitrate solution on the initiation and early growth of stress corrosion cracks in a low alloy steel

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1298, Issue , 1997, Pages 107-119

  Parkins, Redvers N ^a   Mirzai, Mahvash ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ONTARIO HYDRO TECHNOLOGIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constant strain tests; Crack initiation; Dormant cracks; Early growth; Nickel steel; Nitrate solution; Statistical treatment; Stress corrosion cracking (SCC)

Indexed keywords

CORROSIVE EFFECTS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMPURITIES; NICKEL; NITRATES; SOLUTIONS; STEEL TESTING; STRAIN; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; YIELD STRESS;

CONSTANT STRAIN TESTING; NICKEL STEEL;

STEEL;

EID: 0031119396     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp19956s     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Parkins, R. N., "Mechanistic Aspects of the Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking of Ferritic Steels", Paper No. 183, CORROSION 95, NACE International, Houston, 1995.
2. Parkins, R. N., and Usher, R., "The Effects of Nitrate Solutions in Producing Stress Corrosion Cracking in Mild Steels", First International Congress on Metallic Corrosion, Butterworths, London, 1961, pp 289-295.
3. Parkins, R. N., Slattery, P. W., and Poulson, B. S., "The Effects of Alloying Additions to Ferritic Steels upon Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistance", Corrosion, Vol. 37, 1981, pp 650-664.
4. Parkins, R. N., Slattery, P. W., Middleton, W. R., and Humphries, M. J., "The Effects of Quenching and Tempering upon the Stress Corrosion Cracking of Ferritic Steels", British Corrosion Journal, Vol. 8, 1973, pp 117-123.
5. Parkins, R. N., "Laboratory Measurements and Life Prediction for Structures Suffering Stress Corrosion Cracking", Proceedings of International Symposium on Plant Aging and Life Prediction of Corrodible Structures", Japan Society of Corrosion Engineering, Sapporo, Japan, 1995, Paper A001, pp13.