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Article: Effect of Aging on the Fracture Behavior of Lean Duplex Stainless Steels
- Article from:
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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The influence of aging in the range of 550 °C to 850 °C for 5 to 120 minutes on the impact fracture behavior of 2101 and 2304 lean duplex stainless steels (DSS) was investigated in the present study. The 2304 steel displayed ductile behavior irrespective of aging conditions. In contrast, the 2101 steel displayed a ductile behavior only in the case of aging for 5 minutes at 550 °C and 650 °C, whereas in all other cases, it fractured in a brittle manner. The brittle fracture behavior of the 2101 steel has been attributed to the precipitation of small black particles at the α/α and α/γ grain boundaries (nitrides), which form paths for easy crack propagation. In the ...