EFFECT OF POTENTIAL ON INTERACTION BETWEEN STRESS CORROSION CRACKING AND CORROSION FATIGUE OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL IN BOILING 42% MgCl_2 SOLUTION

The environment-sensitive fracture behaviour of 0Cr18Ni9Ti austenitic stainless steel inboiling 42% MgCl_2 under the specific load of low frequency and high mean stress was inves-tigated from the relations and differences of crack growth rates and fractographs betweenstress corrosion fatigue and stress corrosion cracking.The interaction between stress corro-sion cracking and corrosion fatigue was also studied from fracture characteristics with empha-sis on the effects of applied potential on the interaction.