Effect of cathodic potential on stress corrosion cracking behavior of different heat-affected zone microstructures of E690 steel in artificial seawater

摘要

In this work,the stress corrosion cracking(SCC)behavior of E690 steel base metal(BM)and different heat-affected zone(HAZ)microstructures,i.e.,coarse grain HAZ(CGHAZ),fine grain HAZ(FGHAZ),and intercritical HAZ(ICHAZ),was investigated at different cathodic potentials in artificial seawater by slow strain rate tensile tests,scanning electron microscopy and electron back-scattered diffraction measurements.The results show that the HAZ microstructures and BM exhibit different SCC susceptibilities:FGHAZ