Room-temperature elastic constants and low-temperature sound velocities for six nitrogen-alloyed austenitic stainless steels

1980 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1067-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Ledbetter
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Elastic Constants ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Sound Velocities

scholarly journals Surface Modification of a Nickel-Free Austenitic Stainless Steel by Low-Temperature Nitriding

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1845
Author(s):  
Francesca Borgioli ◽  
Emanuele Galvanetto ◽  
Tiberio Bacci
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Corrosion Resistance ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steel ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Surface Hardness ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Surface Layers ◽  
Modified Surface

Low-temperature nitriding allows to improve surface hardening of austenitic stainless steels, maintaining or even increasing their corrosion resistance. The treatment conditions to be used in order to avoid the precipitation of large amounts of nitrides are strictly related to alloy composition. When nickel is substituted by manganese as an austenite forming element, the production of nitride-free modified surface layers becomes a challenge, since manganese is a nitride forming element while nickel is not. In this study, the effects of nitriding conditions on the characteristics of the modified surface layers obtained on an austenitic stainless steel having a high manganese content and a negligible nickel one, a so-called nickel-free austenitic stainless steel, were investigated. Microstructure, phase composition, surface microhardness, and corrosion behavior in 5% NaCl were evaluated. The obtained results suggest that the precipitation of a large volume fraction of nitrides can be avoided using treatment temperatures lower than those usually employed for nickel-containing austenitic stainless steels. Nitriding at 360 and 380 °C for duration up to 5 h allows to produce modified surface layers, consisting mainly of the so-called expanded austenite or gN, which increase surface hardness in comparison with the untreated steel. Using selected conditions, corrosion resistance can also be significantly improved.

Derivation of Design Fatigue Curves for Austenitic Stainless Steel Grades 1.4541 and 1.4550 Within the German Nuclear Safety Standard KTA 3201.2

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xaver Schuler ◽  
Karl-Heinz Herter ◽  
Jürgen Rudolph
Keyword(s):  
Austenitic Stainless Steel ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Nuclear Safety ◽  
Safety Standard ◽  
Fatigue Design ◽  
Steel Grades ◽  
Best Fit

Titanium and niobium stabilized austenitic stainless steels X6CrNiTi18-10S (material number 1.4541, correspondent to Alloy 321) respectively X6CrNiNb18-10S (material number 1.4550, correspondent to Alloy 347) are widely applied materials in German nuclear power plant components. Related requirements are defined in Nuclear Safety Standard KTA 3201.1. Fatigue design analysis is based on Nuclear Safety Standard KTA 3201.2. The fatigue design curve for austenitic stainless steels in the current valid edition of KTA 3201.2 is essentially identical with the design curve included in ASME-BPVC III, App I (ed. 2007, add. July 2008 respectively back editions). In the current code revision activities of KTA 3201.2 the compatibility of latest in air fatigue data for austenitic stainless steels with the above mentioned grades were examined in detail. The examinations were based on statistical evaluations of 149 strain controlled test data at room temperature and 129 data at elevated temperatures to derive best-fit mean data curves. Results of two additional load controlled test series (at room temperature and 288°C) in the high cycle regime were used to determine a technical endurance limit at 107 cycles. The related strain amplitudes were determined by consideration of the cyclic stress strain curve. The available fatigue data for the two austenitic materials at room temperature and elevated temperatures showed a clear temperature dependence in the high cycle regime demanding for two different best-fit curves. The correlation of the technical endurance limit(s) at room temperature and elevated temperatures with the ultimate strength of the materials is discussed. Design fatigue curves were derived by application of the well known factors to the best-fit curves. A factor of SN = 12 was applied to load cycles correspondent to the NUREG/CR-6909 approach covering influences of data scatter, surface roughness, size and sequence. In terms of strain respectively stress amplitudes in the high cycle regime, for elevated temperatures (>80°C) a factor of Sσ = 1.79 was applied considering and combining in detail the partial influences of data scatter surface roughness, size and mean stress. For room temperature a factor of Sσ = 1.88 shall be applied. As a result, new design fatigue curves for austenitic stainless steel grades 1.4541 and 1.4550 will be available within the German Nuclear Safety Standard KTA 3201.2. The fatigue design rules for all other austenitic stainless steel grades will be based on the new ASME-BPVC III, App I (ed. 2010) design curve.

Proposal of Fatigue Life Equations for Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels and Austenitic Stainless Steels as a Function of Tensile Strength

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Kanasaki ◽  
Makoto Higuchi ◽  
Seiji Asada ◽  
Munehiro Yasuda ◽  
Takehiko Sera
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Low Alloy Steels ◽  
Strength Based ◽  
Fatigue Data ◽  
Current Design ◽  
Alloy Steels

Fatigue life equations for carbon & low-alloy steels and also austenitic stainless steels are proposed as a function of their tensile strength based on large number of fatigue data tested in air at RT to high temperature. The proposed equations give a very good estimation of fatigue life for the steels of varying tensile strength. These results indicate that the current design fatigue curves may be overly conservative at the tensile strength level of 550 MPa for carbon & low-alloy steels. As for austenitic stainless steels, the proposed fatigue life equation is applicable at room temperature to 430 °C and gives more accurate prediction compared to the previously proposed equation which is not function of temperature and tensile strength.

Influence of low temperature prestrain on hydrogen gas embrittlement of metastable austenitic stainless steels

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (25) ◽  
pp. 11181-11187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Zhiyuan Li ◽  
Jinyang Zheng ◽  
Yongzhi Zhao ◽  
Ping Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Hydrogen Gas

scholarly journals Low temperature nitriding of AISI 300 and 200 series austenitic stainless steels

Vacuum ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Borgioli ◽  
Emanuele Galvanetto ◽  
Tiberio Bacci
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels
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