Stress corrosion crack initiation processes: Pitting and microcrack coalescence

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn 2000-March, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Elboujdaini, M ^a   Wang, Y Z ^a,c   Revie, R W ^a   Parkins, R N ^b   Shehata, M T ^a  

^a CANMET MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Crack nucleation; Cyclic stress; Initiation; Near neutral pH; Scc colony; Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PITTING; PLASTICITY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEEL CORROSION;

CRACK NUCLEATION; CYCLIC STRESS; INITIATION; NEAR-NEUTRAL PH; SCC COLONY;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 85030652281     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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