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Stress Corrosion Cracking of Simulated Weld Heat-Affected Zone on X100 Pipeline Steel in Carbonate/Bicarbonate Solution

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The stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of a simulated weld heat-affected zone (HAZ) in X100 pipeline steel in a carbonate/bicarbonate solution was studied at the open-circuit potential (OCP) and various cathodic potentials. Microstructure of the weld HAZ was simulated by Gleeble processing. Results showed that the steel had a higher sensitivity to SCC at the OCP than at the cathodic potentials. Moreover, the SCC process at − 850 mV was controlled by both anodic dissolution and hydrogen embrittlement (HE), while the SCC was due to HE at − 1200 mV. The SCC occurred at the intercritical HAZ at the cathodic potential because of its lower strength than that of the other weld areas. The fracture modes at the cathodic potentials were all intergranular and transgranular.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Key R&D Program of China (no. 2017YFF0210400) and Open Fund of Shandong Key Laboratory of Corrosion Science (no. KLCS201909).

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    Song Longfei, Liu Zhiyong, Li Xiaogang & Du Cuiwei

  2. Shandong Key Laboratory of Corrosion Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, Shandong, China

    Liu Zhiyong

  3. State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Li Xiaogang & Du Cuiwei

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Longfei, S., Zhiyong, L., Xiaogang, L. et al. Stress Corrosion Cracking of Simulated Weld Heat-Affected Zone on X100 Pipeline Steel in Carbonate/Bicarbonate Solution. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 29, 2574–2585 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-020-04750-9

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