Stress corrosion cracking tests were performed in both X-52 and X-60 weldments in sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3 ) solutions at 50 C using the Slow Strain Rate Testing (SSRT) technique. Solution concentrations varied between 0.1 to 0.0001 M, and to simulate the NS-4 solution, chloride (Cl À ) and/or sulfate (SO 2À 4 ) ions were added to the 0.01 M solution. Tests were complemented with hydrogen permeation measurements and polarization curves. It was found that the corrosion rate, taken as the corrosion current, I corr , was maximum in 0.01 M NaHCO 3 and with additions of SO 2À 4 ions. Higher or lower solution concentrations or additions of Cl À alone decreased the corrosion rate of the weldment. The SSC susceptibility, measured as the percentage reduction in area, was maximum in 0.01M NaHCO 3 . Higher or lower solution concentrations of additions of Cl À or SO 2À 4 decreased the SCC susceptibility of the weldment. The amount of hydrogen uptake for the weldment was also highest in 0.01 M NaHCO 3 solution, but it was minimum with the addition of Cl À or SO 2À 4 ions. Thus, the most likely mechanism for the cracking susceptibility of X-52 and X-60 weldments in diluted NaHCO 3 solutions seems to be hydrogen-assisted anodic dissolution.

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