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Sulfide stress cracking

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at the metal surface or diffuses into the metal matrix. Since sulfur is a hydrogen recombination poison, the amount of atomic hydrogen which recombines to form H
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Foroulis Z.A ed., High-Temperature Metallic Corrosion by Sulfur and Its Compounds, The Electrochemical Society, Princeton, NJ. (1970) Conference proceedings
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on the surface is greatly reduced, thereby increasing the amount of diffusion of atomic hydrogen into the metal matrix. This aspect is what makes wet H
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MR0175/ISO 15156 for oil and gas production environments or NACE MR0103/ISO17945 for oil and gas refining environments.
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Sulfide stress cracking has special importance in the gas and
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cracking mechanism. It should not be confused with the term
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Form of hydrogen embrittlement due to hydrogen sulfide
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byproducts. Atomic hydrogen either combines to form H
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Index

hydrogen embrittlement
cathodic
stress corrosion cracking
anodic
alloys
steels
hydrogen sulfide
sulfides
atomic hydrogen
corrosion
hydrogen embrittlement
oil industry
natural gas
crude oil
NACE
High Temperature Hydrogen Attack
carbon steel
alloys
carbon
methane
Corrosion engineering
Crevice corrosion
Pitting corrosion
Sulfidation
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corrosion
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