@article{187fe85aceec4805ba5ec2d3b786740c,
title = "Rapid formation of the sigma phase in 304 stainless steel during friction stir welding",
abstract = "Rapid formation of the sigma phase in 304 stainless steel during friction was discussed. Friction stir welding of 304 stainless steel was studied. Results showed that sigma formation can be accelerated by the emergence of delta-ferrite at high temperature.",
keywords = "Austenitic stainless steel, Friction stir welding, Microstructure, Sigma phase",
author = "Park, {Seung Hwan C.} and Sato, {Yutaka S.} and Hiroyuki Kokawa and Kazutaka Okamoto and Satoshi Hirano and Masahisa Inagaki",
note = "Funding Information: The authors are grateful to Mr. A. Honda and Mr. Y. Kondo for technical assistance and thank Prof. K. Ikeda, Prof. K. Maruyama, Prof. Z.J. Wang, Prof. T.W. Nelson and Mr. C.J. Sterling for their helpful discussions. Financial support from the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for the Promotion of Science with a Grant-in-Aid for Young Researchers and for 21st century COE program in International Center of Research and Education for Materials at Tohoku University is gratefully acknowledged.",
year = "2003",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.scriptamat.2003.08.022",
language = "English",
volume = "49",
pages = "1175--1180",
journal = "Scripta Materialia",
issn = "1359-6462",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
number = "12",
}