Pulsed flash welding strips of nickel alloys

Summary

Type 329J1 duplex stainless steel was welded by gas tungsten arc welding in argon‐nitrogen mixed gas atmospheres. The tensile properties and microstructures of the weld metals were examined. The nitrogen content increases and the ferrite content decreases with increasing nitrogen partial pressure of the atmosphere. The ferrite content linearly decreases with an increasing nitrogen content. The tensile strength and elongation of the weld metal produced in the argon atmosphere are much lower than those of the base metal, but they increase with an increasing nitrogen content and approximate those of the base metal at around 0.4 mass% nitrogen content. The fractographs suggest that only the base metal and high‐nitrogen weld metal clearly show dimple patterns. The tensile‐tested base metal and high‐nitrogen weld metal have complex crack paths, whereas the other weld metals have relatively straight paths. The tensile properties of the weld metal are affected by the ferrite content and chromium nitride.