Stress Corrosion Cracking of Annealed Type 316 Stainless Steel in High-Temperature Water

Slow strain rate tests have been performed on annealed type 316 (UNS(1) S31600) stainless steel in 5 ppm chloride content water at temperatures from 100 to 300°C under various applied potentials. Stress corrosion cracking was observed in two ranges of potential. At high potentials, large transgranular stress corrosion cracks occurred. However, a lower potential range for cracking also existed in which short transgranular cracks formed during …