Decoupling the role of stress and corrosion in the intergranular cracking of noble-metal alloys
Abstract
Intergranular stress-corrosion cracking (IGSCC) is a form of environmentally induced crack propagation causing premature failure of elemental metals and alloys. It is believed to require the simultaneous presence of tensile stress and corrosion; however, the exact nature of this synergy has eluded experimental identification. For noble metal alloys such as Ag–Au, IGSCC is a consequence of dealloying corrosion, forming a nanoporous gold layer that is believed to have the ability to transmit cracks into grain boundaries in un-dealloyed parent phase via a pure mechanical process. Here using atomic-scale techniques and statistical characterizations for this alloy system, we show that the separate roles of stress and anodic dissolution can be decoupled and that the apparent synergy exists owing to rapid time-dependent morphology changes at the dealloyed layer/parent phase interface. We discuss the applicability of our findings to the IGSCC of important engineering Fe- and Ni-based alloys in critical applications.
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- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1507375
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-138538
Journal ID: ISSN 1476-1122
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1476-1122
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature - Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; atom probe tomography (APT); Stress Corrision Cracking; transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Citation Formats
Badwe, Nilesh, Chen, X., Schreiber, Daniel K., Olszta, Matthew J., Overman, Nicole R., Karasz, E. K., Tse, A. Y., Bruemmer, Stephen M., and Sieradzki, Karl. Decoupling the role of stress and corrosion in the intergranular cracking of noble-metal alloys. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0162-x.
Badwe, Nilesh, Chen, X., Schreiber, Daniel K., Olszta, Matthew J., Overman, Nicole R., Karasz, E. K., Tse, A. Y., Bruemmer, Stephen M., & Sieradzki, Karl. Decoupling the role of stress and corrosion in the intergranular cracking of noble-metal alloys. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0162-x
Badwe, Nilesh, Chen, X., Schreiber, Daniel K., Olszta, Matthew J., Overman, Nicole R., Karasz, E. K., Tse, A. Y., Bruemmer, Stephen M., and Sieradzki, Karl. Mon .
"Decoupling the role of stress and corrosion in the intergranular cracking of noble-metal alloys". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0162-x. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1507375.
@article{osti_1507375,
title = {Decoupling the role of stress and corrosion in the intergranular cracking of noble-metal alloys},
author = {Badwe, Nilesh and Chen, X. and Schreiber, Daniel K. and Olszta, Matthew J. and Overman, Nicole R. and Karasz, E. K. and Tse, A. Y. and Bruemmer, Stephen M. and Sieradzki, Karl},
abstractNote = {Intergranular stress-corrosion cracking (IGSCC) is a form of environmentally induced crack propagation causing premature failure of elemental metals and alloys. It is believed to require the simultaneous presence of tensile stress and corrosion; however, the exact nature of this synergy has eluded experimental identification. For noble metal alloys such as Ag–Au, IGSCC is a consequence of dealloying corrosion, forming a nanoporous gold layer that is believed to have the ability to transmit cracks into grain boundaries in un-dealloyed parent phase via a pure mechanical process. Here using atomic-scale techniques and statistical characterizations for this alloy system, we show that the separate roles of stress and anodic dissolution can be decoupled and that the apparent synergy exists owing to rapid time-dependent morphology changes at the dealloyed layer/parent phase interface. We discuss the applicability of our findings to the IGSCC of important engineering Fe- and Ni-based alloys in critical applications.},
doi = {10.1038/s41563-018-0162-x},
journal = {Nature Materials},
number = 10,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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