Microstructure dependence of stress corrosion cracking initiation in X-65 pipeline steel exposed to a near-neutral pH soil environment

Corrosion

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-283

  Chu, R ^a   Chen, W ^a   Wang, S H ^a   King, F ^b   Jack, T R ^b   Fessler, R R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c Biztek Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion resistance; Crack initiation; Microstructures; Near neutral pH environment; Pipeline steels; Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROCRACKS; PH EFFECTS; SOILS; STEEL;

PEARLITIC COLONIES; PIPELINE STEEL;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

CORROSION RESISTANCE; CRACK PROPAGATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PIPELINE; STEEL; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 1642302317     PISSN: 00109312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5006/1.3287732     Document Type: Article

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