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An improved method to identify grain boundary creep cavitation in 316H austenitic stainless steel

An improved method to identify grain boundary creep cavitation in 316H austenitic stainless steel
An improved method to identify grain boundary creep cavitation in 316H austenitic stainless steel
Inter-granular creep cavitation damage has been observed in an ex-service 316H austenitic stainless steel thick section weldment. Focused ion beam cross-section milling combined with ion channelling contrast imaging is used to identify the cavitation damage, which is usually associated with the grain boundary carbide precipitates in this material. The results demonstrate that this technique can identify, in particular, the early stage of grain boundary creep cavitation unambiguously in materials with complex phase constituents.
0304-3991
309-313
Chen, B.
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Flewitt, P.E.J.
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Smith, D.J.
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Jones, C.P.
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Chen, B.
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Smith, D.J.
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Chen, B., Flewitt, P.E.J., Smith, D.J. and Jones, C.P. (2011) An improved method to identify grain boundary creep cavitation in 316H austenitic stainless steel. Ultramicroscopy, 111 (5), 309-313. (doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2011.01.013).

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Abstract

Inter-granular creep cavitation damage has been observed in an ex-service 316H austenitic stainless steel thick section weldment. Focused ion beam cross-section milling combined with ion channelling contrast imaging is used to identify the cavitation damage, which is usually associated with the grain boundary carbide precipitates in this material. The results demonstrate that this technique can identify, in particular, the early stage of grain boundary creep cavitation unambiguously in materials with complex phase constituents.

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Accepted/In Press date: 7 January 2011
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 January 2011
Published date: April 2011

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Local EPrints ID: 489916
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/489916
ISSN: 0304-3991
PURE UUID: ab6b8eae-43f3-42b1-8908-e54ce178bae0
ORCID for B. Chen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1960-080X

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Last modified: 08 May 2024 02:08

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Author: B. Chen ORCID iD
Author: P.E.J. Flewitt
Author: D.J. Smith
Author: C.P. Jones

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