Treatment for preventing stress corrosion cracking

摘要

A treatment for prevention of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and a treated component (210) are disclosed. A surface (214) of a relatively high tensile strength component (210) is heated to a temperature at which at least one of tempering or annealing occurs. The surface (214) is then cooled in a controlled manner so as to maintain a reduced tensile strength at the surface (214) that minimizes SCC while keeping a relatively high tensile strength in the remainder of the component (210).