1.1 This practice covers procedures for designing, preparing, and using ASTM standard tension test specimens for investigating susceptibility to stress-corrosion cracking. Axially loaded specimens may be stressed quantitatively with equipment for application of either a constant load, constant strain, or with a continuously increasing strain.
1.2 Tension test specimens are adaptable for testing a wide variety of product forms as well as parts joined by welding, riveting, or various other methods.
1.3 The exposure of specimens in a corrosive environment is treated only briefly because other standards are being prepared to deal with this aspect. Meanwhile, the investigator is referred to Practices G35, G36, G37, and G44, and to ASTM Special Technical Publication 425 (1).2
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
ASTM G49-85(2019) Referenced Document
ASTM E8/E8M Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials*, 2024-01-01 Update
ASTM G35 Standard Practice for Determining the Susceptibility of Stainless Steels and Related Nickel-Chromium-Iron Alloys to Stress-Corrosion Cracking in Polythionic Acids
ASTM G36 Standard Practice for Evaluating Stress-Corrosion-Cracking Resistance of Metals and Alloys in a Boiling Magnesium Chloride Solution
ASTM G37 Standard Practice for Use of Mattsson's Solution of pH 7.2 to Evaluate the Stress-Corrosion Cracking Susceptibility of Copper-Zinc Alloys*, 2021-05-01 Update
ASTM G44 Standard Practice for Exposure of Metals and Alloys by Alternate Immersion in Neutral 3.5?% Sodium Chloride Solution
ASTM G49-85(2019) history
2023ASTM G49-85(2023)e1 Standard Practice for Preparation and Use of Direct Tension Stress-Corrosion Test Specimens
2019ASTM G49-85(2019) Standard Practice for Preparation and Use of Direct Tension Stress-Corrosion Test Specimens
1985ASTM G49-85(2011) Standard Practice for Preparation and Use of Direct Tension Stress-Corrosion Test Specimens
1985ASTM G49-85(2005) Standard Practice for Preparation and Use of Direct Tension Stress-Corrosion Test Specimens
1985ASTM G49-85(2000) Standard Practice for Preparation and Use of Direct Tension Stress-Corrosion Test Specimens