Investigation of Pitting Corrosion in Sensitized Modified High-Nitrogen 316LN Steel After Neutron Irradiation
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Merezhko, D. A.
Merezhko, M. S.
Gussev, M. N.
Busby, J. T.
Maksimkin, O. P.
Garner, F. A.
Short, Michael P
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October 2017
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Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors
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Springer International Publishing
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Merezhko, D. A., et al. “Investigation of Pitting Corrosion in Sensitized Modified High-Nitrogen 316LN Steel After Neutron Irradiation.” Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors, 13-17 August, 2017, Portland, Oregaon, edited by John H Jackson et al., Springer International Publishing, 2018, pp. 1125–40.
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The influence has been studied of thermo-mechanical treatment, sensitization conditions, and neutron irradiation on the pitting corrosion resistance of austenitic 316LN stainless steel variants in 10% FeCl[subscript 3]·6H[subscript 2]O at 22 °C. Variants of this steel were modified with additions of nitrogen, manganese, copper, and tungsten, as well as testing cast, cold-rolled, grain boundary engineered (GBE), and as-received variants. It was found that the 316LN steel variant with additions of 0.2% N and 2% Mn had the best pitting corrosion resistance of all studied conditions. When irradiated in a light water reactor (LWR) to a maximum fluence of 3 × 1017 n/cm[superscript 2] (E > 1.1 meV, Tirr < 50 °C), neutron irradiation surprisingly increased the resistance of GBE steels to pitting corrosion. An anisotropy of corrosion resistance of GBE and cold rolled steels was observed. Keywords: Austenitic stainless steel, Alloying, Nitrogen, Tungsten, Copper, Sensitization, Pitting corrosion, Grain boundary engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67244-1_71
