Multiple choice

The unexpected sudden failure of ductile metals due to a tensile stress in a corrosive environment is

  1. corrosion fatigue

  2. stress corrosion cracking

  3. corrosion in space

  4. corrosion monitoring

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is the unexpected sudden failure of normally ductile metals subjected to a tensile stress in a corrosive environment, especially at elevated temperature in the case of metals.