Alloy 20 is often chosen to solve stress corrosion cracking problems, which may occur with 316L stainless.

Cathodic protection can, in some cases, prevent stress corrosion cracking.

Especially the selection of unsuitable stainless steels can cause problems with stress corrosion cracking.

The heads would pop off from stress corrosion, allowing seawater to leak into the bilges.

There is no evidence of stress corrosion or fatigue.

These can cause stress corrosion cracking of metal parts which include fuel cladding and other pipework.

Also creep and stress corrosion cracking become worse.

Metallurgists have diagnosed something called intergranular stress corrosion cracking, a process not understood when the part was made in the 1960's.

The problem is known as stress corrosion cracking, and in this case was caused by hydrolysis of the polymer.

The problem is known as stress corrosion cracking.