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We study the tendency of corrosion-proof steels of the martensitic, martensite-ferritic, austenitic, austenite-martensitic, and ferrite-austenitic classes to corrosion cracking in hydrogen-sulfide-containing media. We have established that austenitic chromium-nickel-molybdenum (08Kh17N15M13T and 10Kh17N13M2T) and ferrite-austenitic (12Kh21N5T and 02Kh22N6AM3 steels are the most resistant to fracture: the threshold stresses in NACE solution (5% NaCl solution + 0.5% CH3 COOH saturated with H2S, 20±2°C, pH ∼ 3) are not less than 90% of the yield point.
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Translated from Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 103–107, November–December, 2005.
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Krutsan, H., Radkevych, O., Melekhov, R. et al. Evaluation of the resistance of corrosion-proof steels to corrosion cracking in hydrogen sulfide solutions. Mater Sci 41, 833–838 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11003-006-0049-x
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