Hydrogen Embrittlement and Sensitization Cracking

Even dough sensitization and hydrogen embrittlement failures can be classified as stress corrosion cracking, they are so distinctive and important a form of corrosion that deserve to be treated in a section of their own. Therefore, this chapter will address just these two most devastating corrosive events that can jeopardize the integrity of metal structures: hydrogen embrittlement or cracking and stress corrosion of sensitized materials.