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Glossary:Chloride stress cracking
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Cracking of a metal under combined action of tensile stress and corrosion in the presence of chlorides and an electrolyte (NACE). Starts at a pit, scratch or notch. Crack proceeds primarily along grain boundaries. The cracking process is accelerated by chloride ions and lower pH.