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Hydrogen Embrittlement and Sensitization Cracking

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Even dough sensitization and hydrogen embrittlement failures can be classified as stress corrosion cracking, they are so distinctive and important a form of corrosion that deserve to be treated in a section of their own. Therefore, this chapter will address just these two most devastating corrosive events that can jeopardize the integrity of metal structures: hydrogen embrittlement or cracking and stress corrosion of sensitized materials.

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Milella, P.P. (2013). Hydrogen Embrittlement and Sensitization Cracking. In: Fatigue and Corrosion in Metals. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2336-9_14

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