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Methodical Approach and a Criterion for the Evaluation of the Susceptibility of Pipe Steel to Corrosion Cracking

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Specific features of the stress-corrosion fracture of specimens of Kh70 pipe steel are analyzed under the conditions simulating the influence of various combinations of stress-corrosion factors. For the evaluation of the susceptibility of steels to stress-corrosion cracking (SCC), we propose to use a dimensionless coefficient Ks equal to the ratio of the relative narrowing of the specimen in air to its relative narrowing in a solution. We introduce the following evaluation criterion: steel is susceptible to SCC if the coefficient Ks is equal to or greater than 1.6.

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    L. І. Nyrkova, S. О. Osadchuk, А. О. Rybakov & S. L. Mel’nychuk

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Translated from Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, Vol. 55, No. 5, pp. 14–20, September–October, 2019.

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Nyrkova, L.І., Osadchuk, S.О., Rybakov, А.О. et al. Methodical Approach and a Criterion for the Evaluation of the Susceptibility of Pipe Steel to Corrosion Cracking. Mater Sci 55, 625–632 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11003-020-00352-x

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