A new approach for DL-EPR testing of thermo-mechanically processed austenitic stainless steel

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4213-4222

  Rahimi, Salaheddin ^a   Engelberg, Dirk L ^b   Marrow, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Stainless steel; B. Polarisation; C. Intergranular corrosion; C. Stress corrosion

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACH; C. STRESS CORROSION; CLUSTER PARAMETERS; DOUBLE-LOOP; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIOKINETIC REACTIVATION TESTS; ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; INTERGRANULAR CORROSION; NICKEL BASED ALLOY; SENSITISATION; STANDARD TEST METHOD;

AUSTENITE; AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; CORROSION RESISTANCE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; POLARIZATION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

STEEL TESTING;

EID: 80053440901     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.08.033     Document Type: Article

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