Resistance to sensitization and intergranular corrosion through extreme randomization of grain boundaries

• Published in: Acta materialia Vol. 50; no. 18; pp. 4587 - 4601
• Main Authors: Wasnik, D.N, Kain, V, Samajdar, I, Verlinden, B, De, P.K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 28.10.2002; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Annealing; Applied sciences; Austenitic stainless steel; Corrosion; Corrosion mechanisms; Deformation processing; Exact sciences and technology; Grain boundary; Intergranular corrosion; Metals. Metallurgy; Sensitization; Austenitic stainless steel; Deformation processing; Annealing; Sensitization; Intergranular corrosion; Grain boundary; Corrosion mechanism; Steel; Experimental study; Texture; Randomization; Stainless steel-304; Corrosion; Thermal annealing; Pole figures; Stainless steel-316L

Two grades of austenitic stainless steel, type 304 and 316L, were cold rolled to different reductions by unidirectional and by cross rolling. Subsequent solutionizing of the cold rolled samples produced noticeable textural differences in type 304, but insignificant differences in type 316L. Both the...