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Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection  2019, Vol. 39 Issue (2): 89-95    DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2018.186
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Research Progress on Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior of Magnesium Alloys
Baojie WANG1,Jiyu LUAN1,Shidong WANG2,3,Daokui XU2,3()
1. School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, China
2. Key Laboratory of Nuclear Materials and Safety Assessment, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
3. Environmental Corrosion Center, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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Abstract  

In this paper, the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of Mg-alloys and the relevant failure mechanism were systematically summarized. Moreover, the effect of anodic dissolution, mechanical loading and hydrogen embrittlement on the SCC cracking modes was described. The measures for improving the SCC resistance of Mg-alloys were also introduced. Finally, the existing problems in the current study, the research emphasis and direction in the future are also pointed out.
Key words:  magnesium alloy      stress corrosion cracking      localized corrosion      hydrogen-induced cracking      corrosion mechanism     
Received:  24 December 2018     
ZTFLH:  TG172.5  
Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51701129);National Natural Science Foundation of China(51871211);the Postdoctoral Start Fund of Shenyang Ligong University(10500010006)
Corresponding Authors:  Daokui XU     E-mail:  dkxu@imr.ac.cn
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Baojie WANG,Jiyu LUAN,Shidong WANG,Daokui XU. Research Progress on Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior of Magnesium Alloys. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2019, 39(2): 89-95.

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Fig.1  Continuous propagation of crack due to dissolution following film rupture (a), and cleavage-type fracture ahead of embrittled zone (b) (σ is tensile stress)[3]
Fig.2  Fracture surfaces of ZE41 alloy in 0.5%NaCl solution (a) and distilled water (b), showing the predominant intergranular and isolated transgranular (labelled by arrows) cracking, and corrosion along the grain boundaries, respectively[11]
Fig.3  Stress-strain curves of as-forged (a) and T4 treated (b) Mg-Zn-Y-Zr alloy[66]
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