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Stress corrosion cracking (SCC), corrosion fatigue, fretting and hydrogen assisted environmental cracking or hydrogen embrittlement (HE). These all result in diminished mechanical properties. STRESS CORROSION CRACKING. This is an important mechanism which produces failure in a metal. The process has been extensively researched. Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) Cracking of a material produced by the combined action of corrosion and tensile stress (residual or applied). Stress intensity factor (K. I) A factor used to describe the stress intensification of applied stress at the tip of a crack of known size and shape. Stress Corrosion Cracking, a very important topic of machine design. Im hoping to add to the contributions in this field of research by taking the time to archive notable events in my lab.

Sulfide stress cracking (SSC) is a form of hydrogen embrittlement which is a cathodic cracking mechanism. Worldworks games pdf download windows 7. It should not be confused with the term stress corrosion cracking which is an anodic cracking mechanism. Susceptible alloys, especially steels, react with hydrogen sulfide, forming metal sulfides and atomic hydrogen as corrosion byproducts. Atomic hydrogen either combines to form H₂ at the metal surface or diffuses into the metal matrix. Since sulfur is a hydrogen recombination poison, the amount of atomic hydrogen which recombines to form H₂ on the surface is greatly reduced, thereby increasing the amount of diffusion of atomic hydrogen into the metal matrix. This aspect is what makes wet H₂S environments so severe.^{[citation needed]}

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Since SSC is a form of hydrogen embrittlement, it is most susceptibile to cracking at or slightly below ambient temperature.

Sulfide stress cracking has special importance in the gas and oil industry, as the materials being processed there (natural gas and crude oil) often contain considerable amounts of hydrogen sulfide. Equipment that comes in contact with H₂S environments can be rated for sour service with adherence to NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 for oil and gas production environments or NACE MR0103/ISO17945 for oil and gas refining environments.

'High Temperature Hydrogen Attack' does not rely on atomic hydrogen. At high temperature and high hydrogen partial pressure, hydrogen can diffuse into carbon steel alloys. In susceptible alloys, the hydrogen combines with carbon within the alloy and forms methane. The methane molecules create a pressure buildup in the metal lattice voids, which leads to embrittlement and even cracking of the metal.

Sulfidic corrosion, also known as sulfidation, is the term used for high temperature corrosion (above 450F / above approx. 260°C) of steel in contact with sulfur (Fe reacts with S to form FeS).^{[citation needed]}

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