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Reduce susceptibility of SS to pitting and crevice corrosion
as well as SCC.
Influence of alloying elements on pitting
corrosion resistance of stainless steels
Influence of alloying elements on crevice
corrosion resistance of stainless steels
Influence of alloying elements on SCC
resistance of stainless steels
Five basic types of stainless steels
Austenitic: Susceptible to SCC. Can be hardened only by cold
working. Good toughness and formability, easily to be welded and high
corrosion resistance. Nonmagnetic except after excess cold working
due to martensitic formation.
- a critical environment
- a susceptible alloy
- some component of tensile stress
Pure metals are more
resistance to SCC but and
Tensile stress is susceptibility increases with
below yield point strength
Susceptible
Tensile
material
stress
Stress
Corrosive corrosion
Corrosive environment
environment is cracking
often specific to the
alloy system
Typical micro cracks formed during SCC of
sensitized AISI 304 SS
Surface morphology
Example of crack propagation during transgranular
stress corrosion cracking (TGSCC) brass
Example of crack
propagation during
intergranular stress
corrosion cracking
(IGSCC)
ASTM A245 carbon steel
Fracture surface of
intergranular SCC on
carbon steel in hot nitric
solution
Fracture surface of
transgranular SCC on
austenitic stainless steel in hot
chloride solution
Fracture surface due to Fracture surface due to local
intergranular SCC stress has reached its tensile
strength value on the
remaining section
Electrochemical effect
Usual region for TGSCC,
mostly is initiated by pitting
pitting corrosion
Zone 1 transgranular cracking(
propagation needs higher
)energy
cracking passive
zones
Zone 2
Usual region for IGSCC, SCC
active usually occurs where the
passive film is relatively weak
Note that non-susceptible alloy-environment combinations,
will not crack the alloy even if held in one of the potential
zones.
Temperature and solution composition (including pH,
dissolved oxidizers, aggressive ions and inhibitors or
passivators) can modify the anodic polarization behavior to
permit SCC.
Susceptibility to SCC cannot be predicted solely from the
anodic polarization curve.