Effects of Thermal Aging on Microstructure and Corrosion Resistance of AISI 317L Steel Weld Metal in the FSW Process

Materials Research

Humberto Nogueira Farneze¹  Sérgio Souto Maior Tavares¹  Juan Manuel Pardal¹  Antônio José Ramírez Londoño¹  Victor Ferrinho Pereira¹  Cássio Barbosa¹ 

关键词: AISI 317L;    austenitic stainless steel;    FSW;    corrosion resistance;    DL-EPR;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1516-1439.345414

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The AISI 317L grade is an austenitic stainless steel with high Mo content (3.0 wt% min.). Due to the higher pitting resistance, this grade has replaced AISI 316L steel in many applications where the corrosion resistance is a critical property. However, the high Mo can induce phase transformations in high temperature services. In modern oil refinaries and petrochemical industries AISI 317L has been selected for temperatures as high as 550 °C. The goal of this work was to analyze the microstructural evolution and corrosion resistance of base and weld metal of AISI 317L stainless steel. The welded joints were produced by friction stir welding (FSW). The effect of prolonged exposure at 550 °C was investigated in specimens aged for 200h, 300h and 400h. After each aging treatment microstructural characterization was performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Double loop electrochemical polarization reactivation tests (DL-EPR) were performed to evaluate the degree of sensitization of the samples. The results indicated that the increase of the exposure time at 550 °C promotes the formation of intermetallic phases, which causes corrosion decay of the weld metal.

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