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SCC initiation for X65 pipeline steel in the 'high' pH carbonate/bicarbonate solution

Abstract

The initiation of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) was studied using scanning electron microscope observations of linearly increasing stress test specimens. SCC initiation from the following surfaces was studied: (i) initiation from the commercial pipe surface covered by the Zn coating, (ii) initiation from a mechanically polished surface with a deformed layer, and (iii) initiation from an electro-polished surface. SCC initiation involved different features for these surfaces as follows. (i) For the Zn coated commercial pipe surface, a crack in the Zn coating led to the dissolution of the deformed layer and when the deformed layer was penetrated, intergranular SCC initiation became possible. (ii) For a mechanically polished surface with a deformed layer, cracks in the surface oxide concentrated the anodic dissolution to such an extent that there was transgranular SCC in the deformed layer. SCC was intergranular when the deformed layer had been penetrated. Transgranular stress corrosion cracks were stopped at ferrite grain boundaries (GBs) oriented perpendicular to the SCC propagation direction. (iii) For an electro-polished surface, the surface oxide film was cracked at many locations, but intergranular SCC only propagated into the steel when the oxide crack corresponded to a GB. An oxide crack away from a GB is  More>>
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 2003
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Corrosion Science; Journal Volume: 45; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/S0010-938X(03)00044-1; PII: S0010938X03000441; Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; CARBONATES; CRACKS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; STEELS; STRESS CORROSION
OSTI ID:
20654054
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0010-938X; CRRSAA; TRN: GB05R4762093654
Submitting Site:
GBN
Size:
page(s) 2199-2217
Announcement Date:
Dec 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Wang, J Q, and Atrens, A. SCC initiation for X65 pipeline steel in the 'high' pH carbonate/bicarbonate solution. United Kingdom: N. p., 2003. Web. doi:10.1016/S0010-938X(03)00044-1.
Wang, J Q, & Atrens, A. SCC initiation for X65 pipeline steel in the 'high' pH carbonate/bicarbonate solution. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-938X(03)00044-1
Wang, J Q, and Atrens, A. 2003. "SCC initiation for X65 pipeline steel in the 'high' pH carbonate/bicarbonate solution." United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-938X(03)00044-1.
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title = {SCC initiation for X65 pipeline steel in the 'high' pH carbonate/bicarbonate solution}
author = {Wang, J Q, and Atrens, A}
abstractNote = {The initiation of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) was studied using scanning electron microscope observations of linearly increasing stress test specimens. SCC initiation from the following surfaces was studied: (i) initiation from the commercial pipe surface covered by the Zn coating, (ii) initiation from a mechanically polished surface with a deformed layer, and (iii) initiation from an electro-polished surface. SCC initiation involved different features for these surfaces as follows. (i) For the Zn coated commercial pipe surface, a crack in the Zn coating led to the dissolution of the deformed layer and when the deformed layer was penetrated, intergranular SCC initiation became possible. (ii) For a mechanically polished surface with a deformed layer, cracks in the surface oxide concentrated the anodic dissolution to such an extent that there was transgranular SCC in the deformed layer. SCC was intergranular when the deformed layer had been penetrated. Transgranular stress corrosion cracks were stopped at ferrite grain boundaries (GBs) oriented perpendicular to the SCC propagation direction. (iii) For an electro-polished surface, the surface oxide film was cracked at many locations, but intergranular SCC only propagated into the steel when the oxide crack corresponded to a GB. An oxide crack away from a GB is expected to be healed. The observed SCC initiation mechanism was not associated with simple preferential chemical attack of the ferrite GBs.}
doi = {10.1016/S0010-938X(03)00044-1}
journal = []
issue = {10}
volume = {45}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {2003}
month = {Oct}
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