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

## Summary

Carbonate stress corrosion cracking (also known as carbonate cracking or carbonate SCC) is a specific form of alkaline stress corrosion cracking that can occur in carbon steel and low-alloy steels exposed to alkaline aqueous solutions containing significant levels of carbonates. The cracking is predominately branched and intergranular, and typically occurs as a network of very fine, oxide-filled cracks that may be difficult to detect.

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