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title: "Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking"
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updated: 2026-10-27T23:12:43Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:12:43Z
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# Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking

## Summary

Chloride stress corrosion cracking (Cl-SCC) is a form of localised corrosion that occurs most often in stressed austenitic stainless steels in aqueous, chloride-containing environments above approximately 50°C (122ºF). The result of the cracking is ultimately brittle failure of a very ductile material. The cracking is typically transgranular and highly branched, but can be intergranular or mixed mode in some cases.

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