Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2008
Publication Title
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
Volume
17
Issue
4
First page number:
612
Last page number:
619
Abstract
T91 grade steels showed a gradual enhancement in tensile ductility at ambient temperature due to an increase in Si content from 0.5 to 2.0 weight percent (wt.%). However, the ultimate tensile strength was reduced only above 1.5 wt.% Si. The corrosion potential became more active in an acidic solution with increasing temperature. The cracking susceptibility in a similar environment under a slow-strain-rate (SSR) condition was enhanced at higher temperatures showing reduced ductility, time to failure, and true failure stress. Cathodic potentials applied to the test specimens in SSR testing caused an enhanced cracking tendency at 30 and 60°C, suggesting hydrogen embrittlement as a possible mechanism of failure. Cracking of precracked and wedge-loaded double-cantilever-beam specimens was enhanced at higher initial stress intensity factors. In general, steels with 2.0 wt.% Si showed inferior corrosion resistance. A combination of cleavage and intergranular brittle failure was seen in the tested specimens depending on the type of testing.
Keywords
Controlled potential; Fractography; Localized corrosion; Silicon steel – Brittleness; Silicon steel – Fracture; Stress corrosion; Stress corrosion cracking; Stress intensity factor; Strains and stresses; T91 steels
Disciplines
Materials Science and Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanics of Materials | Metallurgy
Language
English
Permissions
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Repository Citation
Roy, A. K.,
Maitra, D.,
Kumar, P.
(2008).
The Role of Silicon Content on Environmental Degradations of T91 Steels.
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 17(4),
612-619.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/me_fac_articles/364