Subjects: Materials Science >> Materials Science (General) submitted time 2023-03-19 Cooperative journals: 《金属学报》
Abstract： Zr-4 coarse-grained specimens were corroded in static autoclave at 360 ℃, 18.6 MPa in 0.01 mol/L LiOH aqueous solution for 70 and 160 d exposure. EBSD, SEM and HRTEM were used to investigate the microstructures and crystal structures of oxide layers, and the relationships between the oxide thickness and the grain orientation of the metal matrix. The results showed that the oxide layers formed on the grain surfaces with the orientations nearby basal plane (0001) were thicker, and exhibited a prominent anisotropic for the oxide growth when Zr-4 specimens were corroded in LiOH aqueous solution for 160 d, but this was not the case for 70 d. The grains with the surface orientation nearby (0001), (1010) and (1120) were selected from the specimens corroded for 70 d to investigate the effect of metal grain orientation on the microstructure of oxide layers. The results showed that the crystal structure and microstructure of oxide layers formed on different metal grains were obviously different, and the scattering of m-ZrO2 columnar grain orientations in the oxide layers formed on near basal plane (0001) was wider than that on near prismatic plane (1010) and (1120). Besides the majority of m-ZrO2, c-ZrO2, t-ZrO2 and sub- oxide phase Zr3O were also detected at the oxide/metal interface, and it showed that the microstructure and crystal structure of oxide layers were very complex. The microstructural evolution of oxide layers will affect the diffusion of oxygen and subsequently the growth of oxide. Therefore, the microstructural evolution of oxide layers, which was affected by the different microstructure of oxide layers formed initially on grains and the water chemistry of corrosion tests, resulted in the anisotropic growth of oxide layers when Zr- 4 specimens were corroded in LiOH aqueous solution in subsequent corrosion tests.
Subjects: Materials Science >> Materials Science (General) submitted time 2023-03-19 Cooperative journals: 《金属学报》
Abstract： The heat-affected zone (HAZ) produced by welding in stainless steel has higher susceptibility to intergranular corrosion, which is attributed to the Cr depletion induced by grain-boundary carbide-precipitation. The grain boundary engineering can be used to control over the grain boundary structure, which has significant influence on the carbide precipitation and the associated Cr depletion and hence on the susceptibility to intergranular corrosion. The grain boundary network in a 304 austenite stainless steel can be controlled by grain boundary engineering (GBE) with 5% tensile deformation and subsequent annealing at 1100 ℃ for 30 min. The total length proportion of Σ3n coincidence site lattice (CSL) boundaries was increased to more than 75%, and the large-size highlytwinned grain-cluster microstructure was formed through the treatment of GBE. Specimens were welded by gas tungsten arc- welding. Then the microstructure and the corrosion resistance of HAZ were characterized. The result showed that the high proportion of low ΣCSL boundaries and the optimum grain boundary character distribution were stable in the HAZ of the grain boundary engineered stainless steel, and the grain size was nearly the same. The weld-decay region of GBE samples performed better intergranular corrosion resistance during the intergranular corrosion immersion experiment and electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation (EPR) test. The reported results indicated that the grain boundary engineering can effectively improve the intergranular corrosion resistance of the heat-affected zone in 304 austenitic stainless steel.
Subjects: Materials Science >> Materials Science (General) submitted time 2023-03-19 Cooperative journals: 《金属学报》
Abstract： Zirconium alloys with low alloying content are mainly used in the nuclear industry as structural materials because of their superior properties in terms of thermal neutron transparency, mechanical strength and corrosion resistance. They are used for fuel cladding tubes and channels. The reaction between zirconium and water at high temperature forms oxide film on the surfaces. In order to further improve the corrosion resistance of Zrbased cladding tubes, research has continued on developing new zirconium alloys. The corrosion resistance of Zr-0.72Sn-0.32Fe-0.14Cr-xNb alloys (x=0, 0.12, 0.28, 0.48, 0.97, mass fraction, %) was investigated in a superheated steam at 500 ℃ and 10.3 MPa by autoclave tests. All the plate specimens of zirconium alloys with thickness of 2.8 mm have a similar texture. The microstructure of alloys and oxide films on the corroded specimens were observed by TEM and SEM. The results showed that no nodular corrosion appeared on these alloys for 500 h exposure. The thickness of oxide layers developed on the rolling surface (SN), the surface perpendicular to the rolling direction (SR) and the surface perpendicular to the transversal direction (ST) after 500 h exposure was close to each other. There was no anisotropic corrosion resistance for these alloys. The corrosion rate of the alloys increased with the increase of Nb content after 250 h exposure when the Nb content exceeded 0.28%. In the alloy with low Nb content, the fcc-Zr(Fe, Cr)2 or fcc-Zr(Fe, Cr, Nb)2 precipitate was mainly formed, while the hcp-Zr(Fe, Cr, Nb)2 precipitate was frequently observed in the alloy with high Nb content. The corrosion resistance of Zr- 0.72Sn- 0.32Fe-0.14Cr-xNb alloys was improved by decreasing the Nb/Fe ratio. From a point of view for the improving corrosion resistance, the addition of Nb no more than 0.3% is recommended.
Subjects: Materials Science >> Materials Science (General) submitted time 2016-11-04 Cooperative journals: 《金属学报》
Abstract：沉淀强化钢在900℃固溶2h后淬火，500℃时效1h，用原子探针层析技术研究了残余奥氏体和马氏体两相区强化相的析出特点。结果显示，残余奥氏体中没有析出相，马氏体和马氏体/残余奥氏体界面处均有强化相的析出，马氏体中靠近界面处有一层析出贫化区。界面处强化相的等效半径和间距均大于马氏体中的强化相，界面处富Cu相和NiAl相中Cu、Ni、Al元素的含量均大于马氏体中的富Cu相和NiAl相，而且界面处富Cu相和NiAl相的分离趋势要大于马氏体，这是因为界面处存在大量缺陷，促进了强化相的长大，使得界面处和马氏体中的强化相处于长大的不同阶段。
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