Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy 2012 Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages: 461-469
https://doi.org/10.2298/JMMB120701057F
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Microstructure and properties degradation of P/T 91, 92 steels weldments in creep conditions
Falat L. (Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic)
Homolová V. (Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic)
Kepič J. (Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic)
Svoboda M. (Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic)
Výrostková A. (Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic)
The studies were performed on dissimilar ferritic/austenitic weldments
between 9Cr tempered martensitic steels of the grades either P/T 91 or 92 and
unstabilised AISI316H austenitic steel. The welded joints were fabricated
using the fusion welding by tungsten inert gas (TIG) method with Ni-based
filler metal. Microstructural analyses were performed using light and
electron microscopy. Microstructural gradient in heat-affected zone (HAZ) of
9Cr steels remained preserved during creep exposure. All weldments fractured
by the type IV failure within their intercritical HAZ (ICHAZ) regions. The
most remarkable microstructural change during creep was the precipitation of
intermetallic Laves phase. Experimentally determined phases of the samples
after creep exposure are in good agreement with equilibrium thermodynamic
calculations.
Keywords: dissimilar weldments, microstructure, creep behaviour, phase composition, thermodynamic calculations