Open AccessNovel characterization of stress corrosion cracks
Author(s) -
Sergio Lozano-Pérez
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/126/1/012078
Subject(s) - characterization (materials science) , corrosion , materials science , stress (linguistics) , stress corrosion cracking , forensic engineering , metallurgy , engineering , nanotechnology , philosophy , linguistics
A multi-scale approach to stress corrosion cracking is presented in this paper. It will be shown that the same crack and, more importantly, the crack tip region can be characterized with surface techniques such as NanoSIMS and EBSD and later prepared for TEM or Atom Probe. This will offer a unique insight into the chemistry and microstructure, proving that the right combination of techniques can provide most of the information needed to correctly understand the mechanisms of crack propagation. © 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd