Fig. 7 Stress dependence of intergranular stress-corrosion cracking of a furnace-sensitized type 304 stainless steel in 288 °C (550 °F) water with 0.2 ppm oxygen. Source: Ref 19 More

Fig. 12 Equivalent stress for intergranular stress-corrosion cracking (IGSCC) on an electropolished surface as a function of applied stress and thickness of a cold-worked layer on a cold-worked surface. Source: Ref 43 More

Fig. 13 Location of intergranular stress-corrosion cracking (IGSCC) in heat-affected zone (HAZ) of type 304 pipe. OD, outside diameter; ID, inside diameter. Source: Ref 19 More

Fig. 14 Pipe test results showing intergranular stress-corrosion cracking in a 400 mm (16 in.) type 304 pipe heat-affected zone. Source: Ref 19 More

Fig. 33 Weld overlay intergranular stress-corrosion cracking (IGSCC) mitigation technique. ID, inside diameter; OD, outside diameter More

Fig. 16 Secondary side intergranular stress-corrosion cracking (IGSCC) in Alloy 600. Source: Ref 15 More

Fig. 24 Effect of yield strength on intergranular stress-corrosion cracking (IGSCC). (a) Crack growth rate of cold-worked, unirradiated 300-series stainless steels (SS) tested in 288 °C (550 °F) simulated BWR water. Source: Ref 131 . (b) IGSCC percentage in slow strain rate tests on 300 More

Fig. 27 Intergranular stress-corrosion cracking susceptibility as measured by percentage of intergranular cracking in slow strain rate tests as a function of nickel equivalent (Ni Eq ) determined using data from Kodama et al. ( Ref 140 ) More

Fig. 5 Micrograph showing tight intergranular stress-corrosion cracking originating at the inside surface of a pipe. ID, inside diameter. Source: Ref 10 More

Fig. 21 Micrograph of intergranular stress-corrosion cracking (arrows) that originated at the inside-diameter (ID) surface of a pipe in lean amine service More

Fig. 30 Micrograph of intergranular stress-corrosion cracking in the head-to-shell heat-affected zone of a secondary urea reactor. Oxide is present within the stress-corrosion crack (arrows). Original magnification: 50× More

Fig. 47 Longitudinal crack and intergranular stress-corrosion cracks in copper air-conditioning absorber tubes. (a) Longitudinal crack in one of the subject absorber tubes. 0.75×. (b) Macrograph of fine, irregular crack observed on the outer surface of the second absorber tube after light acid More

Fig. 16 Longitudinal crack and intergranular stress-corrosion cracks in copper air-conditioning absorber tubes. (a) Longitudinal crack in one of the absorber tubes. Original magnification: 0.75×. (b) Macrograph of fine, irregular crack on the outer surface of the second absorber tube after More

Fig. 3 Observed evolution of intergranular stress-corrosion crack in sensitized stainless steel (SS) compact tension (CT) specimen with single dominant crack being created at ∼50 μm depth. Source: Ref 37 More

Fig. 5 Fracture caused by a portion of an old intergranular stress-corrosion crack that was not removed in reworking. Part was made of 4340 steel, heat treated to a tensile strength of 1790 to 1930 MPa (260 to 280 ksi). (a) and (b) Remains of an old crack along the edge of the surface More

Fig. 19 Micrograph of an intergranular stress-corrosion crack (arrows) that partially penetrated the weld. The crack was filled with oxide. More

Fig. 6 Typical stress-corrosion cracking in a copper alloy. Intergranular cracking in Cu-27.5Zn-1.0Sn alloy tube, probably caused by mercury or ammonia. Specimen was etched in 50 mL HNO 3 , 0.5 g AgHNO 3 , and 50 mL H 2 O. Original magnification approximately 100× More

Fig. 4 Typical stress-corrosion cracking in a copper alloy. Intergranular cracking in an etched specimen. Approximately 60× More

Fig. 18 Stress-corrosion cracking by intergranular decohesion of cold-worked 316 stainless steel at high stress intensity in boiling magnesium chloride More

Fig. 31 Intergranular cracking typical of polythionic acid stress-corrosion cracking in type 304 (S30400) stainless steel. 75× More