Evolution from near-neutral to high-pH environments susceptible to stress corrosion cracking: The role of sulfate and bicarbonate

Shidong Wang; Hamed Shirazi; Guijiang Diao; Hanan Farhat; Weixing Chen

doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2024.112000

Evolution from near-neutral to high-pH environments susceptible to stress corrosion cracking: The role of sulfate and bicarbonate

Shidong Wang^*
, Hamed Shirazi
, Guijiang Diao
, Hanan Farhat
, Weixing Chen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

QEERI - Corrosion Center

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Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) testing was conducted on pipeline steels to investigate the transition from near-neutral to high-pH environments via solution evaporation and concentration. The study clarified the roles of sulfate and bicarbonate in enhancing crack dissolution and their impacts on SCC. In sulfate-absent concentrated solutions, intergranular branching primarily resulted from direct propagation from the crack tip, accompanied by microcrack coalescence. The presence of sulfate effectively halted further growth by inducing crack-tip blunting, thereby reducing the mechanical driving force for crack propagation. This explanation clarifies why regions ideal for SCC exhibit no reported incidents, offering strategies for SCC mitigation.

Original language	English
Article number	112000
Number of pages	22
Journal	Corrosion Science
Volume	231
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2024.112000
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2024

Keywords

Anodic dissolution
Polarization
Rust
Steel
Stress corrosion

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