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ISO 7539 and in the references provided with this practice tallic Materials
(1-6).2 G 15 Terminology Relating to Corrosion and Corrosion
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the Testing
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information G 49 Practice for Preparation and Use of Direct Tension
only. Stress-Corrosion Test Specimens
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the G 111 Guide for Corrosion Tests in High Temperature or
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the High Pressure Environment, or Both
G 142 Test Method for Determination of Susceptibility of
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee G01 on Corrosion
of Metals and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee G01.06 on Environmen-
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tally Assisted Cracking. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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than 90 is acceptable and the root radius should be less than
material size, configuration and form, or the confines of various 0.4 mm (0.016 in). It may be necessary to fatigue pre-crack the
environmental test cells may limit the actual dimensions of the specimens before side-grooving in order to produce nearly-
test specimens. In such cases, where non-standard specimens straight pre-crack fronts. The user should exercise caution
must be utilized, the specimen geometry and dimensions shall when using side-grooved specimens in aggressive environ-
be fully described. Care should be taken to only compare the ments.
results obtained from specimens with similar geometries.
8.6 The test specimen should be degreased and cleaned
8.2 In most cases, subsize tension specimens are utilized for
prior to testing. In the case of fatigue pre-cracked specimens,
SSR tests. Therefore, extreme care must be taken in machining
the specimen should be degreased and cleaned prior to fatigue
these specimens and surface finish is extremely critical to SSR
cracking and care should be taken not to contaminate the
test results.
specimen prior to testing.
8.2.1 To produce tension specimens which have surfaces
with minimal cold working, it is recommended that the total
9. Test Environment
metal removed in the last two machining passes be limited to
a total of 0.05 mm and have a surface finish of 0.25-m 9.1 The SSR test is a comparative evaluation and therefore
(10-in.) rms or better. The method of final machining of the shall be conducted in at least two environments: (1) one in
gauge section should be by grinding (not turning) to com- which the material(s) under evaluation are not susceptible to
pletely avoid localized grooves and cold-worked areas. Special EAC (control environment), and (2) the other(s) in which the
care should be taken to machine specimens with minimum resistance to EAC of the material(s) is being determined.
run-out to minimize bending stresses during testing. 9.1.1 Examples of some control environments for most
8.3 In some cases, notched tension test specimens have been metallic materials are dry air, dry inert gases (He or Ar), silicon
used (1) to localize the failure in regions of microstructural oil, vacuum or, in some cases, dry N2 gas.
interest such as welds or heat-affected zones, (2) to induce 9.2 For SSR tests of long duration and for tests involving
local crevice sites for acceleration of EAC or (3) to accelerate low concentrations of reactive constituents or highly reactive
hydrogen entry into the specimen due to high hydrostatic constituents, care should be taken to monitor the test environ-
stresses for acceleration of hydrogen embrittlement or sulfide ment for depletion or concentration of chemical species, or
stress cracking. In addition, notched tension specimens have both, as changes in these parameters could significantly affect
been used in SSR tests to provide an estimate of the threshold or alter the EAC results.
stress intensity factor for EAC (3). In using such specimens, it 9.2.1 It may be desirable to correct observed changes in the
is important to conduct the control environment tests using the test environment in cases where the service environment would
same specimen geometry and design. be expected to have constant composition. In these cases, either
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environment (Ec) where plastic elongation is approximated to
be the difference in crosshead displacement from the onset of
specimen yielding to crosshead displacement at specimen
fracture (see Fig. 3).
RE 5 Ee/Ec (2)
The use of plastic elongation instead of total elongation
minimizes variabilities between test results from differences in
test machine compliance, which are most significant in the
elastic region of the load displacement curve.
11.1.3 Reduction in Area Ratio (RRA) The ratio of reduc-
tion in area after fracture for the specimen in the test environ-
ment (RAe) to the corresponding value determined in the
control environment (RAc).
RRA 5 RAe/RAc (3)
11.1.4 Notch Tensile Strength Ratio (RNTS)The ratio of
the notch tensile strength determined for the material in the test
environment (NTSe) to the corresponding value determined in
the control environment (NTSc).
FIG. 2 Schematic of Strain Rate Range. RNTS 5 NTSe/NTS c (4)
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