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During stress corrosion crack growth tests using decreasing K specimens, crack tip blunting and/or crack tip branching leads to apparently higher KIth values

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During stress corrosion crack growth tests using decreasing K specimens, crack tip blunting and/or crack tip branching leads to apparently higher KIth values. Explain both phenomena.