Self-induced internal corrosion stress transgranular cracking in gradient-structural ploycrystalline materials at high temperature

Self-induced internal corrosion stress transgranular cracking is investigated theoretically and experimentally linking grain boundary wetting (GBW) and grain boundary diffusion (GBD) to improve the ability to reveal the micro mechanism of crack in compositional gradient-structural intermetallic materials. Theoretical analysis shows that the grain boundary wetting and diffusion induce the diffusion-coupled dynamic internal stresses, and their interaction leads to crack nucleation. The experimental results show a stress concentration zone have been established at the grain boundary interface where the cracks preferentially nucleate and then extend through the inside of the grain to both sides, forming a typical transgranular fracture.