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title: "Sulphide Stress Corrosion Cracking"
slug: "sulphide-stress-corrosion-cracking"
updated: 2026-10-27T23:12:43Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:12:43Z
canonical: "ims-handbook.cenosco.com/sulphide-stress-corrosion-cracking"
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# Sulphide Stress Corrosion Cracking

## Summary

Sulphide Stress Cracking (SSC) is a form of Hydrogen Stress Cracking (HSC). It is an environmental cracking mechanism that can initiate on the surface of high strength alloy steels or carbon steels containing localised areas of high hardness/stress.

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