TY - JOUR
T1 - Formation of intergranular M23C6 in sensitized type-347 stainless steel
AU - Fukunaga, Tatsuya
AU - Kaneko, Kenji
AU - Kawano, Rika
AU - Ueda, Kakeru
AU - Yamada, Kazuhiro
AU - Nakada, Nobuo
AU - Kikuchi, Masao
AU - Barnard, Jonathan Simon
AU - Midgley, Paul Anthony
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Formation of intergranular M23C6 carbides and thereafter Cr-depletion zones in commercially available type-347 stainless steels were observed by optical microscopy, conventional transmission electron microscopy and analytical transmission electron microscopy. At the early stage of sensitization, only NbC carbides were observed both intragranularly and intergranularly. At the later stage, formation of intergranular M 23C6 carbides and intergranular corrosion were found. A model is proposed to describe the formation kinetics of intergranular precipitation of NbC and of M23C6, as well as Cr-depletion zones, thermodynamically. Evolution mechanisms of intergranular precipitates were found in the order of 1) the formation of intergranular NbC, 2) the coarsening of NbC, 3) the formation of M23C6, then 4) the coarsening of M23C6 and formation of Cr-depletion zones.
AB - Formation of intergranular M23C6 carbides and thereafter Cr-depletion zones in commercially available type-347 stainless steels were observed by optical microscopy, conventional transmission electron microscopy and analytical transmission electron microscopy. At the early stage of sensitization, only NbC carbides were observed both intragranularly and intergranularly. At the later stage, formation of intergranular M 23C6 carbides and intergranular corrosion were found. A model is proposed to describe the formation kinetics of intergranular precipitation of NbC and of M23C6, as well as Cr-depletion zones, thermodynamically. Evolution mechanisms of intergranular precipitates were found in the order of 1) the formation of intergranular NbC, 2) the coarsening of NbC, 3) the formation of M23C6, then 4) the coarsening of M23C6 and formation of Cr-depletion zones.
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U2 - 10.2355/isijinternational.54.148
DO - 10.2355/isijinternational.54.148
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84894265871
VL - 54
SP - 148
EP - 152
JO - Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
JF - Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
SN - 0915-1559
IS - 1
ER -