Effects of in-grain misorientation developments in sensitization of 304 L austenitic stainless steels

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This paper focussed on sensitization behaviour of cold rolled (CR) and warm rolled (WR) of AISI 304 L austenitic stainless steels. The main aim of this study was to mitigate sensitization issues of austenitic stainless steels. All the specimens were given two different heat treatment of 675 °C 6 h and 675 °C 5 h. The electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) measurements were revealed developments of in-grain misorientations and types of grain boundary statistics. An EBSD system along with a suitable computer algorithm was used to quantify in-grain misorientations called near boundary gradient zone (NBGZ). The microstructures that contained quantifiable zones of in-grain misorientations exhibited low value of degree of sensitization (DOS) for 5% and 10% rolled specimens. DOS was assessed by double loop electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation (DL-EPR) test. It was established that low value of DOS for the specimens of 5% and 10% rolled provided diffusion short-cuts or high diffusivity paths for Chromium that improved resistance to sensitization. A slight pre-strain and subsequent annealing failed to increase population of special boundaries. The visible grain fragmentation accelerated carbide precipitation and decreased resistance to sensitization. The sensitized specimens after DL-EPR test subjected to white light interferometry (WLI) measurements that revealed grain boundary depth information. The combined data set of EBSD + WLI provided linkage between grain boundary depth and in-grain misorientations.

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Srinivasan, N., Kumaran, S. S., & Venkateswarlu, D. (2019). Effects of in-grain misorientation developments in sensitization of 304 L austenitic stainless steels. Materials Research Express, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aae802

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