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KISCC.
Abbreviation for the critical value of the plane
strain stress-intensity factor that will produce crack propagation
by stress-corrosion cracking of a given material in a given
environment.
knife-line attack.
Intergranular corrosion of an alloy,
usually stabilized stainless steel, along a line adjoining or in contact
with a weld after heating into the sensitization temperature range.
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kraft process.
A wood-pulping process in which sodium sulfate is used
in the caustic soda pulp-digestion liquor. Also called kraft pulping or
sulfate pulping.
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