Stress corrosion cracking of gas-tungsten arc welds in continuous-cast AZ31 Mg alloy sheet

Corrosion Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1950-1963

  Winzer, N ^a   Xu, P ^a   Bender, S ^b   Gross, T ^a   Unger, W E S ^a   Cross, C E ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Magnesium; C. Hydrogen embrittlement; C. Stress corrosion; C. Welding

Indexed keywords

A. MAGNESIUM; AL-CONCENTRATION; AZ31 MG ALLOYS; BASE METALS; C. HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; C. STRESS CORROSION; C. WELDING; CRACK NUCLEATION; DISTILLED WATER; FRACTURE MODE; GALVANIC CURRENT DENSITIES; GAS-TUNGSTEN ARC; INTERGRANULAR; LOCALISED CORROSION; PRIMARY STRESS; TRANSGRANULAR; WELD METAL;

ALUMINUM; CAVITY RESONATORS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; MAGNESIUM; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; TEXTURES; TUNGSTEN; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDING; WELDS;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 68049108242     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2009.05.037     Document Type: Article

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