| Microstructure, Residual Strain and Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior in 316L Heat-Affected Zone | |
| Alternative Title | Microstructure, Residual Strain and Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior in 316L Heat-Affected Zone |
| Ming Hongliang1; Zhang Zhiming1; Xiu Pengyuan1; Wang Jianqiu1; Han Enhou1; Ke Wei1; Su Mingxing2 | |
| 2016 | |
| Source Publication | Acta Metallurgica Sinica(English Letters)
 |
| ISSN | 1006-7191 |
| Volume | 29Issue:9Pages:848-858 |
| Abstract | Austenitic stainless steels are usually chosen to make many components of nuclear power plants (NPPs). However, their microstructure in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) will change during the welding process. Some failures of the weld joints, mainly stress corrosion cracking (SCC), have been found to be located in the HAZ. In this research, the microstructure, micro-hardness, residual strain and SCC behavior at different locations of the 316L HAZ cut from a safeend dissimilar metal weld joint were studied. However, traditional optical microscope observation could not find any microstructural difference between the HAZ and the base metal, higher residual strain and micro-hardness, and higher fraction of random high-angle grain boundaries were found in the HAZ than in the base metal when studied by using electron back-scattering diffraction scanning and micro-hardness test. What's more, the residual strain, the microhardness and the fraction of random grain boundaries decreased, while the fraction of coincidence site lattice grain boundaries increased with increasing the distance from the fusion boundary in 316L HAZ. Creviced bent beam test was applied to evaluate the SCC susceptibility at different locations of 316L HAZ and base metal. It was found that the HAZ had higher SCC susceptibility than the base metal and SCC resistance increased when increasing the distance from the fusion boundary in 316L HAZ. |
| Other Abstract | Austenitic stainless steels are usually chosen to make many components of nuclear power plants (NPPs). However, their microstructure in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) will change during the welding process. Some failures of the weld joints, mainly stress corrosion cracking (SCC), have been found to be located in the HAZ. In this research, the microstructure, micro-hardness, residual strain and SCC behavior at different locations of the 316L HAZ cut from a safeend dissimilar metal weld joint were studied. However, traditional optical microscope observation could not find any microstructural difference between the HAZ and the base metal, higher residual strain and micro-hardness, and higher fraction of random high-angle grain boundaries were found in the HAZ than in the base metal when studied by using electron back-scattering diffraction scanning and micro-hardness test. What's more, the residual strain, the microhardness and the fraction of random grain boundaries decreased, while the fraction of coincidence site lattice grain boundaries increased with increasing the distance from the fusion boundary in 316L HAZ. Creviced bent beam test was applied to evaluate the SCC susceptibility at different locations of 316L HAZ and base metal. It was found that the HAZ had higher SCC susceptibility than the base metal and SCC resistance increased when increasing the distance from the fusion boundary in 316L HAZ. |
| Keyword | Austenitic stainless steels Heat-affected zone Microstructure EBSD Residual strain Stress corrosion cracking |
| Indexed By | CSCD |
| Language | 英语 |
| CSCD ID | CSCD:5804838 |
| Citation statistics |
Cited Times:8[CSCD]
[CSCD Record]
|
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/156355 |
| Collection | 中国科学院金属研究所 |
| Affiliation | 1.中国科学院金属研究所 2.Shanghai Research Center for Weld and Detection Engineering Technique of Nuclear Equipment |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Ming Hongliang,Zhang Zhiming,Xiu Pengyuan,et al. Microstructure, Residual Strain and Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior in 316L Heat-Affected Zone[J]. Acta Metallurgica Sinica(English Letters),2016,29(9):848-858. |
| APA | Ming Hongliang.,Zhang Zhiming.,Xiu Pengyuan.,Wang Jianqiu.,Han Enhou.,...&Su Mingxing.(2016).Microstructure, Residual Strain and Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior in 316L Heat-Affected Zone.Acta Metallurgica Sinica(English Letters),29(9),848-858. |
| MLA | Ming Hongliang,et al."Microstructure, Residual Strain and Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior in 316L Heat-Affected Zone".Acta Metallurgica Sinica(English Letters) 29.9(2016):848-858. |
| Files in This Item: | There are no files associated with this item. | |||||
Items in the repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
Edit Comment