An investigation on microstructure and pitting corrosion behavior of 316L stainless steel weld joint

Ping Zhu, Xinyuan Cao, Wei Wang, Jiancang Zhao, Yonghao Lu, Tetsuo Shoji

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Abstract

Microstructure and pitting corrosion behavior of base metal (BM), heat-Affected zone (HAZ), and weld zone (WZ) in the 316L stainless steel weld joint was investigated. The results indicated that WZ, including ferrite and austenite phases, was mainly composed of columnar dendrites, while BM and HAZ exhibited a full-Austenite structure with low Σ coincidence site lattice boundaries especially twin boundary primarily. No obvious pitting occurred in WZ, while the millimeter-scale pits were observed in HAZ and BM after immersion test in 6% FeCl3 solution. HAZ had a lower pitting potential than WZ and BM, while not much difference in pitting potential was observed between WZ and BM. Dendrite-selected corrosion occurred in WZ, while grain boundary was the preferable site for pitting corrosion in HAZ and BM. Gain refinement and a decrease in twin boundary volume fraction promoted the pitting corrosion susceptible of HAZ.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3904-3911
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Materials Research
Volume32
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017 Oct 27

Keywords

  • corrosion
  • microstructure
  • welding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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