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Fracture mechanics tests were carried out for AerMet 100 in distilled water and NaCl (3.5 and 35 gl−1). The initiation period at higher values of the stress intensity factor indicated that load application in the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) environment is a necessary but not sufficient factor for SCC and that time is needed for some other factor (e.g., the local hydrogen concentration) to reach an appropriate value. The threshold stress intensity factor, KISSC, was found to increase with decreasing NaCl concentration. The plateau stress corrosion crack velocity was 2 × 10−8 m s−1 for NaCl (3.5 and 35 gl−1). The fracture mode was transgranular with small areas of an intergranular nature.
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Oehlert, A., Atrens, A. Stress corrosion crack propagation in AerMet 100. Journal of Materials Science 33, 775–781 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004362400904
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