How Do You Prevent Stress Corrosion From Cracking?

How Do You Prevent Stress Corrosion From Cracking? Avoid the chemical species that causes SCC. Control of hardness and stress level (residual or load). Introduce compressive stress by shot-peening for example. Use of materials known not to crack in the specified environment. What causes stress corrosion cracking? Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is the cracking induced