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JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 420, Issue 1-3, Pages 497-500Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.10.053
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
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Banded structures, which vary with welding parameters, were observed in friction stir processing of 316L austenite stainless steel. Sigma phase precipitation was detected in banded structures by transmission electron microscopy. The amount of banded structure had direct ratio relations with heat input. The higher the heat input, the larger the area of banded structures. This is attributable to slower cooling rate at high heat input, which results in longer exposure to the temperature range for precipitation. The formation of sigma phase produced Cr depletion, which resulted in largely degraded corrosion resistance. The present study suggests that low heat input (i.e. low rotation speeds, low working loads and high welding speed) contributes to restrain sigma phase precipitation. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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