1 Scope This part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 gives requirements and recommendations

for the selection and qualification of carbon and low alloy steels for service in equipment,
used in oil and natural gas production and natural gas treatment plants in H2S-containing
environments, whose failure could pose a risk to the health and safety of the public and
personnel or to the environment. It can be applied to help to avoid costly corrosion damage
to the equipment itself. It supplements, but does not replace, the materials’ requirements of
the appropriate design codes, standards or regulations. This part of NACE MR0175/ISO
15156 addresses the resistance of these steels to damage that may be caused by sulfide
stress-cracking (SSC) and the related phenomena of stress-oriented hydrogen-induced
cracking (SOHIC) and soft-zone cracking (SZC). This part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156
also addresses the resistance of these steels to hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) and its
possible development into stepwise cracking (SWC). This part of NACE MR0175/ISO
15156 is only concerned with cracking. Loss of material by general (mass loss) or localized
corrosion is not addressed. Table 1 provides a non-exhaustive list of equipment to which
this part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 is applicable, including permitted exclusions. This
part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 applies to the qualification and selection of materials
for equipment designed and constructed using conventional elastic design criteria. For
designs utilizing plastic criteria (e.g. strain-based and limit-state designs), see NACE
MR0175/ISO 15156-1:2001, Clause 5. Annex A lists SSC-resistant carbon and low alloy
steels, and A.2.4 includes requirements for the use of cast irons. This part of NACE
MR0175/ISO 15156 is not necessarily suitable for application to equipment used in
refining or downstream processes and equipment.

1 Scope This part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 gives requirements and recommendations
for the selection and qualification of carbon and low alloy steels for service in equipment,
used in oil and natural gas production and natural gas treatment plants in H2S-containing
environments, whose failure could pose a risk to the health and safety of the public and
personnel or to the environment. It can be applied to help to avoid costly corrosion damage
to the equipment itself. It supplements, but does not replace, the materials’ requirements of
the appropriate design codes, standards or regulations. This part of NACE MR0175/ISO
15156 addresses the resistance of these steels to damage that may be caused by sulfide
stress-cracking (SSC) and the related phenomena of stress-oriented hydrogen-induced
cracking (SOHIC) and soft-zone cracking (SZC). This part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156
also addresses the resistance of these steels to hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) and its
possible development into stepwise cracking (SWC). This part of NACE MR0175/ISO
15156 is only concerned with cracking. Loss of material by general (mass loss) or localized
corrosion is not addressed. Table 1 provides a non-exhaustive list of equipment to which
this part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 is applicable, including permitted exclusions. This
part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 applies to the qualification and selection of materials
for equipment designed and constructed using conventional elastic design criteria. For
designs utilizing plastic criteria (e.g. strain-based and limit-state designs), see NACE
MR0175/ISO 15156-1:2001, Clause 5. Annex A lists SSC-resistant carbon and low alloy
steels, and A.2.4 includes requirements for the use of cast irons. This part of NACE
MR0175/ISO 15156 is not necessarily suitable for application to equipment used in
refining or downstream processes and equipment.
1 Scope This part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 gives requirements and recommendations
for the selection and qualification of carbon and low alloy steels for service in equipment,
used in oil and natural gas production and natural gas treatment plants in H2S-containing
environments, whose failure could pose a risk to the health and safety of the public and
personnel or to the environment. It can be applied to help to avoid costly corrosion damage
to the equipment itself. It supplements, but does not replace, the materials’ requirements of
the appropriate design codes, standards or regulations. This part of NACE MR0175/ISO
15156 addresses the resistance of these steels to damage that may be caused by sulfide
stress-cracking (SSC) and the related phenomena of stress-oriented hydrogen-induced
cracking (SOHIC) and soft-zone cracking (SZC). This part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156
also addresses the resistance of these steels to hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) and its
possible development into stepwise cracking (SWC). This part of NACE MR0175/ISO
15156 is only concerned with cracking. Loss of material by general (mass loss) or localized
corrosion is not addressed. Table 1 provides a non-exhaustive list of equipment to which
this part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 is applicable, including permitted exclusions. This
part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 applies to the qualification and selection of materials
for equipment designed and constructed using conventional elastic design criteria. For
designs utilizing plastic criteria (e.g. strain-based and limit-state designs), see NACE
MR0175/ISO 15156-1:2001, Clause 5. Annex A lists SSC-resistant carbon and low alloy
steels, and A.2.4 includes requirements for the use of cast irons. This part of NACE
MR0175/ISO 15156 is not necessarily suitable for application to equipment used in
refining or downstream processes and equipment.

1 Scope This part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 gives requirements and recommendations
for the selection and qualification of carbon and low alloy steels for service in equipment,
used in oil and natural gas production and natural gas treatment plants in H2S-containing
environments, whose failure could pose a risk to the health and safety of the public and
personnel or to the environment. It can be applied to help to avoid costly corrosion damage
to the equipment itself. It supplements, but does not replace, the materials’ requirements of
the appropriate design codes, standards or regulations. This part of NACE MR0175/ISO
15156 addresses the resistance of these steels to damage that may be caused by sulfide
stress-cracking (SSC) and the related phenomena of stress-oriented hydrogen-induced
cracking (SOHIC) and soft-zone cracking (SZC). This part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156
also addresses the resistance of these steels to hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) and its
possible development into stepwise cracking (SWC). This part of NACE MR0175/ISO
15156 is only concerned with cracking. Loss of material by general (mass loss) or localized
corrosion is not addressed. Table 1 provides a non-exhaustive list of equipment to which
this part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 is applicable, including permitted exclusions. This
part of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 applies to the qualification and selection of materials
for equipment designed and constructed using conventional elastic design criteria. For
designs utilizing plastic criteria (e.g. strain-based and limit-state designs), see NACE
MR0175/ISO 15156-1:2001, Clause 5. Annex A lists SSC-resistant carbon and low alloy
steels, and A.2.4 includes requirements for the use of cast irons. This part of NACE
MR0175/ISO 15156 is not necessarily suitable for application to equipment used in
refining or downstream processes and equipment.