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    Corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, and electrochemistry of the iron and nickel base alloys in caustic environments. Progress report, 1 March 1977--28 February 1978

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    The straining electrode technique was used to evaluate the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) susceptibility of AISI 304 stainless steel in 20N NaOH solution, and of Inconel 600 Alloy and Incoloy 800 Alloy in boiling 17.5N NaOH solution. The crack propagation rate estimated from the straining experiments correlated well with the previous constant load experiments. It was found that the straining electrode technique is a useful method for estimating, through short term experiments, parameters like crack propagation rate, crack morphology, and repassivation rate, as a function of the electrode potential. The role of alloying elements on the crack propagation rate in the above alloys are also discussed
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