Stress Corrosion Cracking

Bronze Stress Corrosion Cracking

Stress corrosion cracking of bronze artifact

Stress corrosion cracking of bronze artifact

This particular failure is an example of mixed mode corrosion attack in which the products of the iron rod corrosion, partly accelerated by the galvanic coupling to the bronze material itself, caused the bronze material to crack under pressure. See the other side of this detail.


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