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Stress <strong>Corrosion</strong> Cracking<br />

• Three conditions required for most common kind<br />

– Metal under tensile stress<br />

– Dissolved Oxygen<br />

– Chloride Ion<br />

• Brittle cracks form at the sites of stress<br />

• Failure can be fast<br />

• Failure can occur at stress loads far below yield<br />

strength

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