Recent developments in stainless steels

KH Lo, CH Shek, JKL Lai - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2009 - Elsevier
This article presents an overview of the developments in stainless steels made since the
1990s. Some of the new applications that involve the use of stainless steel are also …

Sensitization of austenitic stainless steels: current developments, trends, and future directions

N Srinivasan - Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, 2021 - Springer
In this manuscript, the latest developments pertaining to sensitization are discussed.
Sensitization leads to intergranular corrosion and intergranular stress corrosion cracking …

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy study of the corrosion behavior of some niobium bearing stainless steels in 3.5% NaCl

AS Hamdy, E El-Shenawy, T El-Bitar - International Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) is a powerful, rapid and accurate non-
destructive method for the evaluation of wide range of materials. In this work, the corrosion …

Resistance to sensitization and intergranular corrosion through extreme randomization of grain boundaries

DN Wasnik, V Kain, I Samajdar, B Verlinden, PK De - Acta Materialia, 2002 - Elsevier
Two grades of austenitic stainless steel, type 304 and 316L, were cold rolled to different
reductions by unidirectional and by cross rolling. Subsequent solutionizing of the cold rolled …

Effect of cold work on low-temperature sensitization behaviour of austenitic stainless steels

V Kain, K Chandra, KN Adhe, PK De - Journal of nuclear materials, 2004 - Elsevier
The effects of cold work and low-temperature sensitization heat treatment of non-sensitized
austenitic stainless steels have been investigated and related to the cracking in nuclear …

Corrosion behavior of 904L austenitic stainless steel in hydrofluoric acid

G Zou, W Shi, S Xiang, X Ji, G Ma, RG Ballinger - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Corrosion behaviors of 904L austenitic stainless steel in HF and HCl were studied and
compared using electrochemical method, microscopic analysis, and phase analysis. An …

Towards a reliable determination of the intergranular corrosion rate of austenitic stainless steel in oxidizing media

B Gwinner, M Auroy, F Balbaud-Célérier, P Fauvet… - Corrosion …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper studies the corrosion behaviour of non-sensitized stainless steels in oxidizing
environments, where they can suffer intergranular corrosion. In this case, corrosion rate …

Sigma phase precipitation and growth in solution annealed 321 stainless steel during thermal aging: Effects on toughness & intergranular corrosion

SK Bonagani, K Chandra, KV Ravikanth… - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sigma (σ) phase is considered as one of the most deleterious phases in stainless steels
(SS) due to its detrimental effects on mechanical and corrosion properties. In this work, σ …

Low temperature thermal ageing embrittlement of austenitic stainless steel welds and its electrochemical assessment

K Chandra, V Kain, VS Raja, R Tewari, GK Dey - Corrosion Science, 2012 - Elsevier
The low temperature thermal ageing embrittlement of austenitic stainless steel welds is
investigated after ageing up to 20,000 h at 335, 365 and 400° C. Spinodal decomposition …

Effect of microstructure and chemical composition on localized corrosion resistance of a AISI 304L stainless steel after nanopulsed-laser surface melting

W Pacquentin, N Caron, R Oltra - Applied Surface Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes induced in the surface properties of AISI 304L stainless steel when it is
treated with a nanopulsed ytterbium-doped fiber laser were investigated to determine the …