STRESS CORROSION CRACK PATHS IN AL-ZN-MG ALLOYS

The exact location of the crack path in the stress corrosion of Al-Zn-Mg alloys is relevant to the contributions which the various structural parameters that have been shown to relate to cracking propensity make to the cracking mechanism. It is shown that the crack paths are normally coincident with the grain boundaries, rather than the adjacent precipitate free zones. The role of the latter in the crack path propagation process, together with some other parameters, may be in facilitating local plastic deformation whereby dissolution, which is largely concentrated upon the grain boundary precipitate, is maintained.

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  National Association of Corrosion Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Middleton, W R
  • Parkins, R N
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 88-94
• Serial:
  • CORROSION
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: NACE International
  • ISSN: 0010-9312

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum alloys; Cracking; Plastic deformation; Stress corrosion; Stress cracking; Stresses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Crack propagation
• Old TRIS Terms: Corrosion cracking
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034759
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Merchant Marine Academy
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 29 1972 12:00AM