Stress corrosion cracking of stainless steels is a well known corrosion mode
encountered in a number of industrial processes. It is the case in the chemical process
industry but also in a number of other industries such as oil and gas in refineries and
production facilities. Stress corrosion cracking can either occur externally often under
insulation but also on free exposed surfaces, or internally in process fluids or cooling circuits
where chlorides are present intentionally or not. When there is an accidental ingress of
chlorides in a circuit, it is generally too late when cracks are detected as they are already