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Analysis of load and current transients accompanying discontinuous transgranular stress corrosion cracking (T-SSC) are analyzed in light of fractographic evidence, resulting in a model for T-SCC which involves corrosion-enhanced cleavage. The model accounts for the crystallography and microstructural features of the resulting fracture, the orientation dependence of the fracture process, and the role of the electrochemical/alloy environment.
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Flanagan, W.F., Lichter, B.D. A mechanism for transgranular stress-corrosion cracking. Int J Fract 79, 121–135 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00032930
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