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Materials design and development for resistance to stress corrosion cracking depends upon an understanding of the crack-growth mechanism. The factors controlling stress corrosion cracking may be classified as environmental, material and mechanical. This overview examines the state of the art in stress corrosion cracking and reviews such considerations as phenomenological influences, material chemistry and microstructure, mechanical factors. Also explored are materials design and future considerations.
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Russell H. Jones received his Ph.D. in metallurgy from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1971. He is currently technical leader of the Metals Research Group of the Materials Sciences Department of Battelle-Northwest in Richland, Washington. Dr. Jones is also a member of TMS
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Jones, R.H. Crack Growth Resistance. JOM 39, 32–39 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03257569
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