EMBRITTLEMENT OF METALS BY ORGANIC LIQUIDS

Abstract

By a test involving a combination of static and dynamic loading, the carboxylic acids are shown to be embrittling to high-strength steel to a degree proportionate to the carbon chain length. It is shown that nonpolar liquids are in general not embrittling but that the magnitude of the dipole moment is not a measure of embrittling propensity. Evidence indicates that under appropriate conditions, a -Cl group is potentially as embrittling as an -OH or a -O- group. (See also AD-427 068).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0600695

Entities

People

  • W. Rostoker

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acetic Acid
  • Anhydrides
  • Carbon Tetrachloride
  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Chlorides
  • Chlorine
  • Dipole Moments
  • Embrittlement
  • Fatty Acids
  • Ferrium
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Propionic Acid
  • Stearic Acid
  • Steel

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Materials Science and Engineering.