Research Article

Corrosion Behavior of the Stressed Sensitized Austenitic Stainless Steels of High Nitrogen Content in Seawater

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(a) Austenitic stainless steel type 304 (80 μm) showing a severe chloride stress corrosion cracking and several large pits. (b) Austenitic stainless steel type 316L (80 μm) showing a classical chloride stress corrosion cracking and small size pits.
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