TY - JOUR AU - Zhao, W. AB - JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE LETTERS 11 (1992) 585-587 Preplastic strain effect on chromium carbides precipitation of type 316 stainless steel during high-temperature ageing X. MAO, W. ZHAO Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Type 316 austenitic stainless steel has found wide samples approximately 0.5 in. (1.27 cm) in diameter application in steam-generating plants as piping and were solution heat-treated at 1050 °C in an electric superheater tube material as well as structural furnace in still air for 20 min. After solution treat- material in nuclear reactors. Long time exposure of ment, conventional tensile specimens were ma- Type 316 stainless steel to elevated temperature chined from the cylindrical samples. 13 and 26% (400-900 °C) is known to cause high-temperature preplastic strain was introduced in some of the embrittlement due to chromium carbides and tensile test specimens by controlled elongation in a-phase precipitating in grain boundaries. conventional tensile test equipment. Then ageing Numerous investigations have been published treatments were performed in an electric furnace in on the mechanical properties and microstructure still air at 650 °C for 750 h. The ageing temperature changes occurring during exposure to high tem- was controlled at 650 °C TI - Preplastic strain effect on chromium carbides precipitation of type 316 stainless steel during high-temperature ageing JF - Journal of Materials Science Letters DO - 10.1007/BF00728616 DA - 1992-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/preplastic-strain-effect-on-chromium-carbides-precipitation-of-type-5ASAYG49dc SP - 585 EP - 587 VL - 11 IS - 9 DP - DeepDyve ER -