Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE
Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 5114-5123Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-018-3640-z
Keywords
boron; hot cracking; liquation; stainless steel; welding
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- European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
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Liquation cracking may occur in the heat-affected zone during welding. Two factors influence this phenomenon: the tensile stresses generated during welding and the potential loss of ductility due to the presence of a liquid film at grain boundaries depending on their chemical composition. Gleeble hot ductility tests have been used to study the combined effect of boron content and holding time on ductility drop in the liquation temperature range of a 316L type austenitic stainless steel. It is shown that high boron contents and short holding times promote the loss of ductility in this temperature range. Secondary ion mass spectrometry has been used to correlate mechanical results to boron distribution either at grain boundaries or in the bulk. Other welding tests have been performed to confirm the influence of boron content on hot cracking sensitivity of AISI 316L stainless steels. Results indicate that cracks appear on all specimens but at different strain levels. The higher the boron content is, the more the specimen exhibits tendency to hot cracking.
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