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Which of the following alloying element of stainless steel that attributes a large increase in stress-corrosion resistance?(a) Nickel(b) Chromium(c) Carbon(d) Nickel and chromiumThe question was posed to me in exam.This interesting question is from Materials topic in chapter Materials of Corrosion Engineering

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The CORRECT option is (a) Nickel

Easy explanation: Stainless STEEL is a generic term that attributes to the alloy SYSTEM of iron-carbon-chromium and nickel. Addition of nickel as alloying element up to 10% attributes in a rapid and large increase in stress-corrosion RESISTANCE of stainless steel.



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