The Effect of Gadolinium on the Microstructures and Charpy Impact Properties of Super Duplex Stainless Steels

Metals

Young-Jig Kim¹  Sang-Wook Lee¹  Hyun-Do Jung²  Moon-Jo Kim²  Seung-Rok Jung³  Byung-Moon Moon³ 

[1] Casting Technology R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Incheon 21999, Korea;;Liquid Processing &

关键词: duplex stainless steel;    gadolinium;    Charpy impact properties;    microstructure;    inclusions;    grain size;   

DOI  :  10.3390/met8070474

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Super duplex stainless steels (SDSSs), exhibiting excellent strength and corrosion resistance, serve as the attractive materials in a variety of industries. However, improvements in their ductility and impact-toughness are required in extreme environments. In this study, the effects of gadolinium on the microstructures and Charpy impact properties of super duplex stainless steels were investigated. A base super duplex stainless steel (BDSS) and a gadolinium-added super duplex stainless steel (GDSS) were successfully fabricated using an air casting method. The oxygen content and grain size of SDSSs were found to decrease because of high reactivity of gadolinium with oxygen. Moreover, the average inclusion size and area of GDSS also decreased even with a slight decrease in the average distance between inclusions. Both the BDSS and GDSS exhibited typical Charpy impact transition behavior from −196 °C to 200 °C. Moreover, the GDSS impact energies using Charpy test were higher than those of BDSS over the entire temperature range. Moreover, the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature (DBTT) of SDSSs calculated from the fracture appearance transition temperature (FATT) significantly decreased by over 20 °C with the addition of gadolinium.

【 授权许可】

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