Abstract

AbstractThe present study is concerned with the possibility of using the ambiguous effect of cathodic polarization (AECP) on crack growth as a diagnostic tool for determining the role of local anodic dissolution and hydrogen embrittlement in the mechanism of stress‐corrosion cracking (SCC) of different structural materials, irrespective of their base, microstructure and strength. It is shown that AECP is the general regularity of SCC and that the unambiguous effect of polarization (either the acceleration or retardation of crack growth irrespective of loading conditions) may be viewed as a particular case of this general regularity.

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