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Hydrogen induced stress cracking for duplex stainless steel in subsea use

Asked 4 years, 2 months ago by palagianom 1 Answer

Duplex stainless steels (22Cr duplex and 25Cr super duplex) are susceptible to hydrogen induced stress cracking (HISC) under cathodic protection (CP). Industry subsea failures have resulted from HISC under load-control scenarios where local strain levels...

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