Deformation behaviour of duplex stainless steel during industrial hot rolling

Industrially processed duplex stainless steel sheet was investigated after the reheating, the roughing mill and the finishing rolling. Light optical microscopy revealed that the cast structure that existed before rolling was removed and changed into a banded microstructure. During the process, the ferrite‐austenite volume fraction ratio changed from 72 %a + 28 %γ to 48 %α + 52 %γ. The microhardness was measured for both phases after each process step. Texture measurements were executed by means of the electron backscattering diffraction technique (EBSD). These measurements revealed that extensive static recrystallisation of the austenite occurred during the roughing but that recrystallisation was inhibited during the finishing. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) on the finish rolled material indicated that the ferrite softened efficiently by extended dynamic recovery. The dislocations in ferrite grains with rotated cube orientation were often found to be straight screw dislocations which were inclined 55° to the surface of the sheet. The importance of the partitioning of the alloying elements and the strain partitioning on the deformation behaviour is highlighted.     

Microstructural changes during heating of super duplex stainless steel and its thermal deformation behavior

Microstructural changes during heating of highly alloyed Cr26Ni7 type super duplex stainless steel( SDSS2607) and its thermal deformation behavior were investigated. At different heating rates,the mechanism of phase transition from γ phase to δ phase and grow th modes of δ phase differed. Variations in microstructures for ascast SDSS2607 during heat preservation at 1 220 ℃ indicated two kinds of transformations from γ phase to δ phase.In-situ observations of microstructural changes during the tensile process at 1 050 ℃ showed a mutual coordination betw een γ and δ phases. When the true strain increased,the mutual coordination between γ and δ phases was damaged. Subsequently,cracks nucleated at the γ/δ interface. With the increase in temperature,the strength of ascast SDSS2607 decreased while its plasticity increased. Its thermoplasticity was poor,and the reduction in area of tensile specimens was less than 80%. When the deformation strain of hot compression increased,the stable deformation zone in the heat processing maps enlarged gradually. Moreover,the unstable deformation zones were extended.     

Effect of heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties of duplex stainless steel

Present study concerns the effect of deformation and heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a duplex stainless steel. While hot rolling causes the coarse distribution of the constituent phases (ferrite and austenite), 50% cold rolling results into the elongated and splintered two — phase structure. Supersaturated ferrite structure established by water quenching from 1300°C results into the strengthening due to the formation of fine dispersed austenite precipitates within ferrite grain after isothermal heat treatment (1000°C, 0.5 hour). Duplex structure consisting of ferrite and austenite in a fine-grained form is obtained after isothermal heat treatment of cold rolled sample. Cold deformed and heat treated steel exhibits best combination of strength and ductility among all the investigated steel samples.     

海水管道系统用大口径S32750超级双相不锈钢焊接管道制造研究

介绍了某核电厂海水管道系统用S32750焊接管道的制造方法,采用等离子弧焊并添加填充金属制造Φ610 mm×6.35 mm管道,可以实现单道次单面焊、双面成型,焊缝质量稳定,提高了生产效率.在不经热处理的情况下,管材的各项性能(拉伸、弯曲、硬度、耐腐蚀等)均能满足标准及一般工况要求,可以避免管材因不恰当的热处理带来的一系列问题.     

An EBSD study of the micro structural development during annealing of a folded super duplex stainless steel sheet sample

Super duplex stainless steels(SDSS) show complex precipitation and transformation behavior during heat treatment processes,which affects both mechanical and corrosion properties. This report presents some data on the microstructures that develop after folding and subsequent precipitation during heat treatment of UNS S32750 SDSS sheet samples.The microstructural and textural changes have been followed using SEM/EBSD techniques.Upon folding,both a texture and strain gradient form in the folded/bent region,subsequent heat treatment at 845℃results in the ferrite phase to transform to sigma,austenite and chi phases.Transformation was found to be accelerated by strain.Complete transformation of the ferrite phase occurred within half the annealing time required in the unstrained regions.The local mis-orientations in the ferrite and austenite phases reduced during annealing,however,the reduction in the austenite was not very high and a significant amount remained even after the longest annealing time.The texture components that developed during the folding process remained unchanged even after one hour annealing at 845℃.The implication of these findings could have a bearing on the formation of sigma phase during welding of SDSS that may have residual stresses introduced during final processing.     

Development of Chinese duplex stainless steel in recent years

The development in research, production, applications, and national standards of Chinese duplex stainless steel (DSS) in recent years was introduced in light of the worldwide development in the field of DSS.The results showed that the output of Chinese DSS increased greatly, and at the same time its grade gradually evolved into a collaborative developing series including the main grade type 2205 and other DSS types in recent years.Economical DSS and super DSS underwent rapid development, especially after 2010.In re-cent years, the application of Chinese DSS has been expanded further not only in traditional application ar-eas such as the petrochemical industry, but also in diverse new fields such as oil and gas transportation, chemical tanker manufacturing, nuclear power plants, and construction.Moreover, due to the increase in output and improvement in quality, as well as applications in Chinese projects, Chinese DSS has also been exported to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and other regions.     

The 80-year history of duplex stainless steel

80 years has passed since duplex stainless steels were first produced and now they have developed into an integral series with the efforts on R & D and development of technology.In the recent decade, duplex stainless steels have been accepted by more and more customers and increasingly used. The first duplex grade produced in Sweden was 453E(26Cr-5Ni) in the 1930s,and then developed into 329.These two grades were characterized by high carbon content and called the first generation of duplex stainless steels.At that time,it was very difficult to add nitrogen into the steels and maintain the phase equilibrium,thus influencing the application properties,for example,intergranular corrosion post welding. One method to solve this problem is to alter the chemical composition,like adding nitrogen,etc.And that came to reality with the development of AOD and metallurgical theory of stainless steels.New series of duplex grades,called the second and third generations duplex,have successively emerged since the 1980s. These grades are characterized by high amounts of alloying elements,like chromium,molybdenum and nitrogen.Furthermore,super duplex stainless grades,like S32750,S32760 and S32707,were developed for various harsh service environments with their outstanding corrosion resistance and workability.These grades possess corrosion resistance corresponding to super austenitic grades,or close to nickel-base alloys, and are used in ocean-engineering,sea water desalination and oil industries,etc. And the application of duplex stainless steel is expending into other industries.For instance,453E is used in the pulp & paper industry.2205(S32205),a medium-alloyed grade,has become the most typical one in the duplex stainless steel family and widely used in many industries like pulp & paper,chemical and oil.New applications are emerging with better understanding of the duplex grades. Modern duplex stainless steels features most the corrosion resistance and strength,making them most cost-efficient in more and more projects. In this paper,the history of duplex stainless steels is recalled and reviewed from R&D,production to application,and latest grades like S82441 are also introduced.     

Determination of stacking fault energy of austenite in a duplex stainless steel

A determination of stacking fault energy (SFE) of the austenite phase of a duplex stainless steel, material no. 1.4462, has been carried out using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Furthermore, cold rolling tests and microstructural analysis have been realized in order to allow a detailed discussion of the obtained SFE-values. The results of this Investigation indicate that the stacking fault energy of the austenite phase within the duplex stainless steel Is lower than those of single-phase austenitic stainless steels. This is justified by the chemical composition; mainly by the Cr and Ni alloying contents. Nevertheless, work hardening of the austenite during cold deformation is not as accentuated as expected by the low SFE-values, because at higher deformation levels the deformation mainly occurs within the ferrite phase.     

Structure property correlations in hot isostatically pressed AISI-304 stainless steel

Abstract

Stainless steel components are usually fabricated by conventional manufacturing methods. This route becomes uneconomical for highly intricate shapes. Therefore, processing of AISI-304 stainless steel has been carried out by powder metallurgy and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) route. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the hipped steel produced from inert gas atomised powder were studied. The steel has shown a homogeneous and fine grained microstructure containing annealing twins and the absence of undesirable prior particle boundaries. This has led to higher yield strength, ultimate tensile strength and the ductility than that of the conventionally processed steel. The tensile deformation behaviour of hipped steel was found to be similar to that of the wrought material. Impact strength and fracture toughness of the hipped steel were superior to that of the wrought material; hence the hipped steel could be recommended for manufacture of components for critical applications.     

Electrochemical evaluation of a corrosion fatigue failure mechanism in a duplex stainless steel

Laboratory corrosion fatigue studies on smooth and precracked samples indicated that two duplex stainless steels would have similar service lives in a paper-processing environment; but, in service, one of these alloys has exhibited premature failures. Since corrosion fatigue experiments had proven unable to detect this failure mechanism, electrochemical measurements and slow strain rate tensile tests were used to evaluate four alloy composition-dependent failure mechanism hypotheses. No significant differences were found in the dissolution rates or hydrogen fugacities produced when mechanical processes expose bare surface, and slow strain rate tensile tests found no indication of a difference in cracking susceptibility for the same hydrogen fugacity. Electrochemical experiments found that pits nucleate in one phase of the duplex microstructure at lower potentials in the failure prone alloy, but do not propagate beyond the microscopic dimensions of this phase. These microstructurally limited “micropits” were found to nucleate fracture in slow strain rate tensile tests, and examination of a service failure confirmed the presence of microscopic pits at crack initiation sites. The premature failures are attributed to the lower pitting resistance of the failure prone alloy, and the failure of laboratory experiments to predict this behavior is attributed to the slow kinetics of pit nucleation in these experiments. A laboratory testing methodology is suggested that will ensure detection of similar susceptibilities in future corrosion fatigue testing programs.     

Precipitation in CF-8M duplex stainless steel welds

Welds of CF-8M, a cast 316-type stainless steel which normally solidifies as primary delta-ferrite, were induced to solidify as primary austenite by the addition of nitrogen to the shielding gas used during gas tungsten arc welding. Those welds which experienced a shift in solidification mode formed eutectic ferrite during the terminal transient stage of solidification. Primary delta-ferrite and eutectic ferrite are differentiated by their location in the dendritic microstructure. The shape of the ferrite/austenite interface tends to be rounded for primary delta-ferrite and more angular for eutectic ferrite. Elemental profiles were plotted from STEM/EDS measurements across the two types of ferrite, and showed differences between the composition of the austenite immediately adjacent to the primary delta-ferrite, as opposed to the eutectic ferrite. In addition, while the primary delta-ferrite/austenite interfaces are largely devoid of precipitation, the eutectic ferrite/austenite interfaces are densely covered with small precipitates ofx-phase. The mean stoichiometry of this phase has been calculated from STEM/EDS data on extraction replicas, and approximates Fe₅₀Cr₃₂Mo₁₃Ni₅. Intragranular inclusions were also examined and found to be complex, with most of them containing varying quantities of Mn, Si, and S.     

Microstructures and mechanical properties of hot isostatically pressed powder metallurgy Alloy APK-1

The influence of Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) and heat treatment parameters on the microstructure and mechanical properties of powder metallurgy alloy APK-1 (a low carbon modification of Astroloy) has been investigated. Poor mechanical properties result if carbide networks are present along the prior particle boundaries (PPBs). These networks which form during powder consolidation can be avoided by manipulating HIP parameters. Heat treatments which produce a large volume fraction of fine γ’ make this alloy susceptible to environment-assisted tensile embrittlement around 760 °C.     

Influence of cerium on hot workability of 00Cr25Ni7Mo4N super duplex stainless steel

The effect of Ce on hot workability of 00Cr25Ni7Mo4N steel melted in vacuum induction furnace was studied by Gleeble thermal simulation machine and scanning electron microscopy(SEM).The results showed that ductility of the steel with Ce addition was increased significantly because of increasing content of austenite,segregation of Ce at grain boundaries and modification of inclusion.The optimum range of Ce content in the steel was 0.030 wt.%-0.047 wt.%,and the optimum value was about 0.047 wt.%.The effect of...     

Cracking of duplex stainless steel due to dissolved hydrogen

Ferallium 255 duplex stainless steel was cathodically precharged with hydrogen at 265 °C in a molten salt electrolyte. Sustained load tests were carried out in air at 0 °C, 25 °C and 50 °C with average hydrogen contents from 3 to 15 wt ppm. The DC potential drop method was calibrated with optical measurements to continuously monitor the crack position and allow calculation of crack velocity and stress intensity. The crack velocityvs stress intensity (K) curves generally rose gradually over a large range inK and had definite thresholds for subcritical crack growth. Second and third stages were not always clearly delineated. Threshold stress intensities decreased as hydrogen content increased. An identifiable stage II occurred most often for alloys containing about 10 wt ppm dissolved hydrogen. The crack growth velocities generally increased with increasing temperature or hydrogen content. As the dissolved hydrogen increased, the fracture mode changed from microvoid coalescence (MVC) to microcrack coalescence (MCC) with some tearing ridges. At high hydrogen content, both ferrite and austenite phases showed brittle morphology, which was identical to the fracture surface of the uncharged specimens tested in hydrogen gas at 108 kPa pressure. Comparing the embrittling effect of internal hydrogen with that of external hydrogen it is found that the threshold stress intensity in hydrogen gas at 1 atm is lower than that at the highest internal hydrogen concentration (15 wt ppm). In the case of external hydrogen, the hydrogen source is at the crack tip, whereas for the internal hydrogen case, outgassing reduces the hydrogen content in this region, even when the bulk hydrogen content is fairly high.     

Precipitation behaviour of a nitrogenated surface layer of 1.4462 duplex stainless steel

A duplex stainless steel sheet containing masses of 22%Cr-5.5%Ni-3%Mo was nitrogenated at 2 bar partial pressure of N₂ at 1200°C for 5 hours. Three zones, with different microstructures and nitrogen contents, were formed: a fully austenitic nitrogen rich zone, a transition zone composed of an austenitic matrix containing islands of remaining ferrite and a nitrogen enriched duplex inner zone. The exposures of the nitrogenated material at temperatures below the nitrogenation temperature caused precipitation of ε-(Cr,Fe)₂N hexagonal nitride and of sigma phase. The nitride precipitation occurred both continuously and discontinuously. TTT diagrams for the austenitic external zone and for the inner ferritic-austenitic zone have been proposed.