All stress corrosion aspects are treated from the generalized film rupture anodic dissolution process that is the base of any corrosion mechanism to the aggression occurring in either mechanically or thermally sensitized alloys up to the universe of hydrogen embrittlement which is described in all its possible modes of appearance. All stress corrosion aspects are treated from the generalized film rupture anodic dissolution process that is the base of any corrosion mechanism to the aggression occurring in either mechanically or thermally sensitized alloys up to the universe of hydrogen embrittlement which is described in all its possible modes of appearance