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A mechanistic study of transgranular stress corrosion cracking of type 304 stainless steel

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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was utilized to characterize the deformation substructure of 304 stainless steel tested for transgranular stress corrosion cracking (TGSCC) in 45 wt pet MgCl2 at 155 °C. The TEM characterization was conducted in thin foils prepared from the fracture surface and from a series of known depths below the fracture surface. The results indicate that the stacking fault energy (SFE) of the material immediately ahead of the crack tip is lowered, with the deformation mode at small distances (a few microns) in front of the growing crack front being entirely coplanar while at larger distances homogeneous. The reduction in the SFE is attributed to absorbed hydrogen formed during the cathodic reaction. Based on this and previous observations of transgranular stress corrosion characteristics of aus-tenitic stainless steels in chloride environments, a “hydrogen-induced cleavage” model is proposed. This model is essentially a modification of a model based on enhanced structural reactivity associated with Lomer-Cottrell locks proposed by Robertson and Tetelmann in 1962.27

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    S. Jani (Graduate Student), M. Marek (Professor) & R. F. Hochman (Professor)

  2. Materials Engineering Program, Mechanical Engineering Department, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, LA

    E. I. Meletis (Associate Professor)

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Jani, S., Marek, M., Hochman, R.F. et al. A mechanistic study of transgranular stress corrosion cracking of type 304 stainless steel. Metall Trans A 22, 1453–1461 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02660677

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