scholarly journals Chloride stress-corrosion cracking of stainless steel piping from the Synthane Coal-Gasification Pilot Plant: failure analysis report

1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Danyluk ◽  
G.M. Dragel
2012 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 1094-1097
Author(s):  
De Qiang Wei ◽  
Xin Dong ◽  
Shan Qiu Li

As a kind of corrosion resistant material, stainless steel is widely used in petroleum, chemical, pharmaceutical. Stress corrosion cracking is a main reason that why the stainless steel became disabled. Therefore, it is very necessary to research and study the stress corrosion cracking of stainless steel .The failure analysis to the sample is conducted aiming at the stress corrosion of the stainless steel piston cylinder in a factory. The analysis includes macro analysis, metallographic observation, scanning electron microscopy analysis and XRD analysis. The results of the study show that it is nonmetallic inclusion on the grain boundary, the chloridion in the industrial circulating water and the rough columnar austenitic grains in the organization of the samples that lead to the stress corrosion cracking of the piston cylinder.


CORROSION ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. SCHARFSTEIN ◽  
W. F. BRINDLEY

Abstract Overstressed U-bends of Types 304 and 347 stainless steels were exposed to water containing chloride ions to determine the susceptibility of these steels to stress corrosion cracking between the temperatures of 165 F and 200 F. The pH was controlled at 6.5 to 7.5 and 10.6 to 11.2 for the tests. At the high pH, cracks appeared at the edges with little evidence of pitting. At the neutral pH, cracks were found at the edges and associated with pits. Sensitized Type 304 had longer and deeper cracks than annealed Types 304 and 347 in the same exposure time. Conclusion is made that chloride stress corrosion cracking of these steels in the temperature range of 165 F to 200 F is less severe than that experienced at 500 F and that specific conditions are required for corrosion cracking to occur at all. 3.2.2


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