| Abstract: | Sulphide stress corrosion cracking (SSCC) studies on a set of three steels with different inclusion morphologies were conducted. Effect of heat treatment of the steels with and without rare-earth metal (RE) treatment upon SSCC resistance was studied. Threshold stress, corrosion rate and hydrogen content in the steels were determined. Quenched and tempered structure was found to improve the SSCC resistance only when the steel is RE treated. Corrosion rate and hydrogen content in the steels were found to decrease as the inclusion morphology is changed from elongated stringers to globular shape, which improves the SSCC resistance. |
