Enhancement Mechanism of Cerium in 316LN Austenitic Stainless Steel During Creep at 700 ℃

Effect of cerium(Ce)on creep strength and microstructure of 316LN austenitic stainless steel(316LN steel)at 700℃/150 MPa was investigated by scanning electron microscopy(SEM),scanning transmission electron microscopy(STEM)and thermodynamic calculations.Addition of 0.032 wt%Ce to 316LN steel results in a prominent increase in creep life from 313 to 556 h.Ce enriches in titanium nitride nanoparticles,increases slightly the activity and diffusion coefficient of Mo,and facilitates the formation of fine and dense intragranular Laves phase precipitates.Thus the creep strength is remarkably enhanced by Ce addition in 316LN steel through the intragranular Laves phase precipitation strengthening.It reveals a new insight into the improvement effect of rare earth(RE)elements such as Ce on creep strength of austenitic stainless steels,which inspired the design of RE-microalloying heat-resistant steels.

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of 316L austenitic stainless steel with aluminum addition by warm rolling

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of 316L austenitic stainless steel with aluminum addition by warm rolling at 550 ℃ were investigated. It is found that sample is composed of an ashen austenite matrix, a gray black ferrite phase and a small number of NiCx. The average grain sizes are 21.62, 19.66 and 19.49 μm for samples with the rolling deformation of 30%, 50% and 70%, respectively. The yield strength and tensile strength of samples with solid solution time of 30 min and deformation of 70% are higher. The fracture modes are similar and belong to toughness fracture. The fracture surfaces of the samples are composed of relatively large equal-axis ductile dimples （5-15 μm） and fine scattered ones around the dimples （〈 5 μm）. As the rolling deformation increases, the quantity of subgrain boundary increases and the 〈 101 〉 orientation is more prominent. {001 } 〈 110 〉 rotation-cube textures are present in ferrite phase of samples and weak Goss texture is formed in austenite pole images.

The Investigation on Welding Processes for SUS316LN Tubes Used in Superconducting Magnetic System of EAST

The force flow cooled superconducting cable-in-conduit conductor （CICC） is used in both of EAST toroidal field （TF） and poloidal field （PF） coils. The conductor consists of multi-stage NbTi superconducting cable and 1.5 mm thick square jacket. The cable is pulled through in a thin wall circular jacket and then compacted to square cross-section conductor. The jacket material is SUS316LN austenitic stainless steel seamless tubes （about 10 m each）, which is assembled by butt-welding up to 600 m. The results of the welding procedure investigation and quality assurance procedures carrying out are described in this paper.

Prediction of Critical Conditions for Dynamic Recrystallization in 316LN Austenitic Steel

Hot compression experiments conducted on a Gleeble-3500thermo-mechanical simulator and metallographic observation tests were employed to study the critical conditions of dynamic recrystallization（DRX）of 316 LN austenitic stainless steel.The true stress-true strain curves of 316 LN were obtained at deformation temperatures ranging from 900℃to 1 200℃and strain rates ranging from 0.001s-1 to 10s-1.Based on the above tests,the critical conditions of DRX were determined and compared with those obtained from work-hardening theory and the Cingara-McQueen flow stress model.Furthermore,the microstructure was observed to validate the calculated results.The ratio of critical strain to peak strain（εc/εp）for 316 LN was determined,and the quantitative relationship between the critical strain and the deformation parameters of 316 LN was elucidated.The results demonstrated that the onset of DRX corresponds to the constant normalized strain hardening rate（Γ）,namely,the critical strain hardening rateΓcfor316LN is equal to 0.65.

纳米多晶316L奥氏体不锈钢高温蠕变行为的原子尺度研究

通过分子动力学模拟研究了纳米多晶316L奥氏体不锈钢在不同峰值应力下的高温蠕变变形行为和蠕变机制.数值模拟结果表明纳米多晶316L奥氏体不锈钢的高温蠕变变形是由位错、晶粒内部和晶界扩散以及晶界滑移之间的交互作用引起.在初始蠕变和稳态蠕变阶段,纳米多晶316L奥氏体不锈钢高温蠕变的主导性机制是晶粒内部和晶界的扩散以及晶界的滑移.在加速蠕变阶段,一些晶界被摧毁后,位错滑移成为纳米多晶316L奥氏体不锈钢的主要蠕变机制.这项工作旨在揭示纳米多晶316L奥氏体不锈钢的高温蠕变机理,为增强型抗蠕变316L奥氏体不锈钢的设计和制造提供指导.