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2019 (English)In: Corrosion Science, ISSN 0010-938X, E-ISSN 1879-0496, Vol. 148, p. 83-93Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The resistance to environment-assisted cracking (EAC) of AISI 420 martensitic stainless steel (MSS) was investigated in 0.3 M NaCl solution (room temperature) at constant loads for 30 days. The steel tempered at 250 degrees C was superior to the 500 degrees C-temper, which showed corrosion pits favouring cracking. The fracture surface showed faceted grains, cleavage, striations, and inter- and transgranular cracks, suggesting a mixed stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and hydrogen embrittlement (HE) mechanism as the cause for EAC. Finite element modelling (FEM) indicated strain/stress localization at the mouth of deep pits and at the wall of shallow pits, displaying the favoured locations for pit-to-crack transition.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2019
Keywords
Martensitic stainless steel, Residual stress, Tempering, Environment-assisted cracking, Pit-to-crack transition
National Category
Corrosion Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-244485 (URN)10.1016/j.corsci.2018.12.010 (DOI)000457950400009 ()2-s2.0-85058373436 (Scopus ID)
Note
QC 20190321
2019-03-212019-03-212022-10-24Bibliographically approved