Stress corrosion cracking is an insidious form of damage that can occur when a susceptible metal is subjected to a tensile stress in a specific environment. To relieve tensile stresses at welded joints, postweld heat treatment can be helpful in reducing the susceptibility of carbon steel fabrications to SCC. When planning to use stainless steels in chloride-containing environments, it is advisable to select alloys that have been specifically developed to resist stress chloride cracking such as ferritic-austenitic (duplex) alloys, low-carbon ferritic alloys, and 6% Mo austenitic alloys or to select high-nickel alloys.

A pin used to hold the side plates together in a conveyor chain system fractured and failed, prompting a metallurgical failure analysis. This case study reviews the analytical steps and conclusions from the study of the failed pin.

Cold spraying is a potentially attractive method for producing accident tolerant fuel cladding, near-net shape nuclear reactor components, and nuclear fuel storage canisters.

A look at how bifilms are created during casting may offer clues to eliminating cracks, tensile fracture, fatigue failure, pitting, and stress corrosion cracking failures.

Efforts are underway in every sector of the scientic community to explore and develop possible strategies and solutions to counter sea level rise and climate change. Near-term materials science implications include improvements to corrosion-resistant materials and coatings.

Many broken parts look similar at a glance, but examination of the failed part using advanced equipment and methods such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM) reveals much more about the origins of the failure. This article presents a case history involving SEM analysis of a trailer hitch fatigue failure.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: ASM announces 2019 award recipients; ASM Historical Landmark designation for the Ferreria Mirandaola Ironworks, Legazpi, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain; contributor profile for George E. Totten; professional profile for Brenda L. Garcia-Diaz.