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DOE OSTI2013

Cast alumina forming austenitic stainless steels

An austenitic stainless steel alloy consisting essentially of, in terms of weight percent ranges 0.15-0.5C; 8-37Ni; 10-25Cr; 2.5-5Al; greater than 0.6, up to 2.5 total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta; up to 3Mo; up to 3Co; up to 1W; up to 3Cu; up to 15Mn; up to 2Si; up to 0.15B; up to 0.05P; up to 1 total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Hf, and Zr; <0.3Ti+V; <0.03N; and, balance Fe, where the weight percent Fe is greater than the weight percent Ni, and wherein the alloy forms an external continuous scale comprising alumina, and a stable essentially single phase FCC austenitic matrix microstructure, the austenitic matrix being essentially delta-ferrite free and essentially BCC-phase-free. A method of making austenitic stainless steel alloys is also disclosed.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2021

Evaluation of residual stresses in isothermal friction stir welded 304L stainless steel plates

Friction stir welding was performed on 304L SS plates in order to heal simulated cracks created by electrical discharge machining. Two different tool temperatures (825 and 725 °C) were chosen for this study. Both neutron diffraction and X-ray diffraction techniques were employed to evaluate the residual stresses along two orthogonal reference directions, longitudinal (syy) and transverse (sxx). The former technique was also used to measure residual stresses at various depths. It was found that, at 1 mm depth from the top surface inside the stir zone (SZ), the longitudinal component was tensile in nature while the transverse component was compressive. The nature and magnitude of the residual stress fields, and the position of the peak residual stresses were found to vary with the weld depth. The SZ of the 725 °C weld exhibited higher peak stress than 825 °C weld mainly due to a lack of stress relief at the lower temperature.

Friction stir welding, Steel↗
DOE OSTI2012

Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Electron Microscopy Study of the Wet and Dry High-Temperature Oxidation of Alumina- and Chromia- Forming Stainless Steels

Foils of T347 stainless steel and a developmental alumina-forming austenitic (AFA) stainless steel were oxidized at 800 C in dry air, air with 10% H2O, and air with 10% D2O. The T347 foils exhibited a transition to rapid Fe-base oxide formation between 24 and 72 h of exposure in H2O and D2O, but exhibited protective Cr-rich oxide formation in dry air. In contrast, only thin, protective Al-rich oxide surfaces were observed for the AFA alloy foils under all conditions studied. Changes in the small angle neutron scattering (SANS) signal were observed for the T347 stainless steel as a function of oxidation time in dry air, attributed to oxide grain growth and porosity formation/partial scale detachment associated with spinel phase at the scale/gas interface. For the AFA alloy, only minor changes in scattering as a result of oxidation time were observed. For both T347 and AFA, similar scattering was observed in dry and wet air (H2O and D2O) exposure. This finding indicates that water vapor exposure did not induce significant morphological changes in the oxide scales (such as increased porosity) in the 5-300 nm size regime accessed by SANS.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2018

Corrosion properties of phase reversion induced nano/ultrafine grained AISI 304 metastable austenite stainless steel

Highlights: • AISI 304 stainless steel was cold rolled under 3 cryogenic temperatures and room temperature, after annealing bulk nano/ultrafine grained material was obtained. • Microstructure of samples was studied by TEM, −120 °C rolled sample had an equiaxed microstructure. • Corrosion resistance of samples was studied by polarization curve, EIS, and Mott-Schottky plot, −120 °C rolled sample had the best corrosion performance. • The distinctive polarization curve of −120 °C rolled sample indicated its passive film had peculiar feature, the M-S plot showed its abnormal semiconductor character. - Abstract: AISI 304 metastable austenite stainless steel was cold rolled under cryogenic temperature and transformed into martensite completely, after reverse transformation by annealing, bulk nano/ultrafine grained material was obtained. The material’s microstructure was observed by TEM, and the corrosion resistance was studied by polarization curve, EIS, and Mott-Schottky plot. Results showed that samples cold rolled at −120 °C had an equiaxed microstructure and displayed the best corrosion performance. The distinctive polarization curve shape indicated that its passive film had a peculiar feature, and the M-S plot showed its abnormal semiconductor character. XPS measurements are used to directly characterize the composition of passive film formed on specimens. Heterogeneous microstructures might help with the improvement on corrosion resistance of the nano/ultrafine grained stainless steel.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2016

The effect of tempering temperature on pitting corrosion resistance of 420 stainless steels

The AISI Type 420 stainless steels are commonly used to steam generators, mixer blades, etc. These stainless steels are most prone to pitting in dissolved Cl{sup −} containing environments. In this paper, the effect of tempering temperature on pitting corrosion resistance of AISI Type 420 stainless steels was studied. The AISI Type 420 stainless steels specimens were heat treated at the temperature of 1050°C for 1 hour to reach austenite stabilization and then quench in the oil. After that, the specimens were tempered at the temperature of 150, 250, 350 and 450°C for 30 minutes and then air cooled to the room temperature. The electrochemical potentiodynamic polarization test was conducted at 3.5% sodium chloride solution to evaluate corrosion rate and pitting corrosion behaviour. The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS) were used to evaluate the pitting corrosion product. The result have shown that highest pitting potential was found in the sample tempered at 250°C and corrosion pits were found to initiate preferentially around chromium carbides.

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