Abstract
The distribution of electrode reactions occurring in a stress corrosion crack which is growing by enhanced anodic dissolution has been used to analytically establish the electrode potential distribution within the crack. This calculated potential distribution is discussed with reference to existing models for stress corrosion crack growth. The results of the analysis have been applied to the growth of stress corrosion cracks in a low alloy steel in 8 m sodium hydroxide solution at a temperature of 373 K.

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