Transgranular crack growth in the pipeline steels exposed to near-neutral pH soil aqueous solutions: The role of hydrogen

Acta Materialia

Volumn 57, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6200-6214

  Chen, W ^a   Kania, Richard ^b   Worthingham, Robert ^b   Boven, Gregory Van ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED   (Canada)

^c Spectra Energy Transmission Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Hydrogen embrittlement; Steels

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CRACK GROWTH; DIFFUSIBLE HYDROGEN; HIGH CONCENTRATION; NEAR-NEUTRAL PH; PIPE SURFACES; PIPELINE RUPTURE; PIPELINE STEEL; TRANSGRANULAR CRACK;

CRACK TIPS; HYDROGEN; PIPELINES; STEEL PIPE; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TEXTURES;

HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT;

EID: 70350527176     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2009.08.047     Document Type: Article

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