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Slow strain rate testing (SSRT) was employed to study the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of ZE41 magnesium alloy in 0.01 M NaCl solution. Smooth tensile specimens with different thicknesses were strained dynamically in both longitudinal and transverse direction under permanent immersions at a strain rate of 10−6 s−1. It is found that ZE41 magnesium alloy is susceptible to SCC in 0.01 M NaCl solution. The SCC susceptibility of the thinner specimen is lower than that of the thicker specimen. Also, the longitudinal specimens are slightly more susceptible to SCC than the transverse specimens. The SCC mechanism of magnesium alloy is attributed to the combination of anodic dissolution with hydrogen embrittlement.
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Song, R., Yang, F., Blawert, C. et al. Behavior of stress corrosion cracking in a magnesium alloy. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 24, 111–113 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-009-1111-y
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