Carburization and tensile behavior of alloy 800 in liquid sodium

The carbon transfer has been analyzed in the Alloy 800/sodium/stainless steel system by determining the carbon-uptake of Alloy 800 foils, which were exposed in liquid sodium of known carburizing potential. p ]Under equilibrium conditions between 650 and 550°C the measured total carbon concentrations in the Alloy 800 labs were found to be roughly related to the carbon activities of the sodium environment by the equation already stated for the $\text{18Cr-}\text{8}\text{10}$ Ni stainless steels, extrapolated to the chemical composition of the Ni-rich austenitic alloy. However the Alloy 800 was not found to undergo any decarburization in low-carbon activity environments. The carbon diffusion kinetics was determined as a function of temperature, it was found to be similar to that reported for the AISI-304 type of steel. p ]The effects of sodium exposure on microstructural and mechanical properties of several Alloy 800 heats were examined at 550°C as a function of the active carbon concentration in the sodium and of the $\text{Ti}\text{C}$ ratio in the alloys.