Initiation of stress corrosion cracking on X-65 linepipe steels in near-neutral pH environment

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 967-978

  Elboujdaini, M ^a   Wang, Y Z ^b   Revie, R W ^a  

^a CANMET MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CRACKS; PIPELINES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEEL PIPE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CORROSION PITS; LINEPIPE STEEL; MECHANICAL LOADING; NEAR-NEUTRAL PH; SECOND PHASE PARTICLES; SEM OBSERVATION; SPECIMEN SURFACES; SURFACE DISCONTINUITIES;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 84994753640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IPC2000-220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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