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Stress Corrosion Cracking

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Electrochemical Materials Science

Part of the book series: Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry ((AN,volume 4))

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“Environment—construction” systems are comparable to biological and economic systems in their complexity. Indeed, let us try to classify the processes occurring in such systems. The main factors which may prove to be decisive for the optimal projecting of a certain construction should naturally be divided into three groups: material properties, technological factors, and operational factors.

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Cherepanov, G.P. (1981). Stress Corrosion Cracking. In: Bockris, J.O., Conway, B.E., Yeager, E., White, R.E. (eds) Electrochemical Materials Science. Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4825-3_7

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