Stress corrosion cracking behavior of warm forged 316L stainless steel at different orientations

Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of ∼20% warm forged 316L stainless steel (SS) round bar was evaluated for different cracking orientations relative to the applied deformation in hydrogenated and oxygenated high purity water at 325 °C. Different SCC crack growth rates (CGRs) obtained at three orientations demonstrates that the L-R orientation where cracking occurred in the plane of deformation has the highest SCC susceptibility, while the...