Mode of Attack
Depending on the environment developed in the crevice and the nature of the metal, the crevice corrosion can take a form of:
- pitting (i.e., formation of pits),
- filiform corrosion (this type of crevice corrosion that may occur on a metallic surface underneath an organic coating),
- intergrannular attack, or
- stress corrosion cracking.
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