Fractography of Stress Corrosion Cracking of 20% Cold Worked Type 304 H Stainless Steel Containing δ-Ferrite in Oxidizing Primary Water

Fractography of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of 20% cold worked Type 304 H stainless steel containing δ-ferrite was studied using a compact tension (CT) specimen in oxidizing primary water with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD). The stress corrosi...

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Main Authors: Hong-Pyo Kim, Jong-Yeon Lee, Sung-Hwan Cho, Min-Jae Choi, Sung-Woo Kim, Hyung-Ha Jin, Dong-Jin Kim, Seoung-Sik Hwang, Yun-Soo Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2024-04-01
Series:Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
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Online Access:https://journals.pan.pl/Content/130911/PDF/AMM-2024-1-09-Yun-Soo%20Lim.pdf
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Summary:Fractography of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of 20% cold worked Type 304 H stainless steel containing δ-ferrite was studied using a compact tension (CT) specimen in oxidizing primary water with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD). The stress corrosion crack propagated mostly in transgranular stress corrosion cracking (TGSCC) mode and sometimes in intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC) mode. TGSCC paths were along the {111} plane with both high resolved shear stress and high resolved tensile stress. IGSCC preferentially propagated along the grain boundary perpendicular to the loading axis. The findings in this work suggest that TGSCC proceeds through formation of a weakening zone at the head of the crack tip by interaction of slip and corrosion and then cracking of the weakened zone by tensile stress.
ISSN:2300-1909