BS EN ISO 7539-6:2011 - Page 2

Corrosion of metals and alloys. Stress corrosion testing. Preparation and use of precracked specimens for tests under constant load or constant displacement | Status: Superseded, Withdrawn

1 Scope 1.1 This part of ISO 7539 covers procedures for designing, preparing and using precracked specimens for investigating susceptibility to stress corrosion. It gives recommendations for the design, preparation and use of precracked specimens for investigating susceptibility to stress corrosion. Recommendations concerning notched specimens are given in Annex A. The term “metal” as used in this part of ISO 7539 includes alloys.