Journal
CORROSION SCIENCE
Volume 52, Issue 12, Pages 4064-4072Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2010.08.023
Keywords
Steel; Passive film; Stress corrosion cracking
Funding
- DOT [DTPH 56-08-T-000001]
- CANMET Materials Laboratory of the Natural Resources of Canada
- Williams Pipeline Company
- TransCanada Pipeline Company
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The crack tip strain rate (CTSR) and the dissolution/repassivation kinetics are the parameters controlling high pH SCC of pipeline steels because the repeated film rupture is the dominative mechanism. The CTSR is mainly produced by the crack tip advance and cyclic load. Theoretical expressions of the CTSR are given to account on these factors. After the anodic current density determined from a polarization curve measured with a potential scanning velocity 1 V/min and the repassivation kinetic exponent obtained by the strained electrode method are utilized, the crack growth model proposed gives a reasonably good prediction to the crack velocity experimentally observed. A numeric simulation in a 0.5 M carbonate + 0.5 M bicarbonate solution indicates that the effect of mass transfer within crack on the crack growth is negligible when the crack velocity is below 10(-9) m/s. Various factors affecting the SCC are discussed. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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