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The influence of cold work (prestraining) in the range 2.3 to 56 pct on stress corrosion cracking (SCC) properties of types 304 and 316 stainless steels in boiling MgCl2 solution at 154 °C was investigated using a constant load method. In both materials, SCC initiation was in transgranular mode. Transition in stress corrosion cracking mode from transgranular to intergranular, as the crack proceeds, was observed at all cold work levels in 316 stainless steel and at cold work levels of 26 pct and 56 pct in 304 stainless steel. Both prestraining and increase in the initial applied stress facilitated the transition in crack morphology to intergranular mode. Increased tendency to intergranular SCC at high applied stresses and in cold worked specimens appears to be mechanistically analogous.
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Muraleedharan, P., Khatak, H.S., Gnanamoorthy, J.B. et al. Effect of cold work on stress corrosion cracking behavior of types 304 and 316 stainless steels. Metall Trans A 16, 285–289 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02815310
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