TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanism of chlorine-induced stress corrosion cracking of two 304 SS heats in simulated marine environment through in situ X-ray tomography and diffraction
T2 - Role of deformation induced martensite and crack branching
AU - Schoell, Ryan
AU - Xi, Li
AU - Zhao, Yuchen
AU - Wu, Xin
AU - Hong, Yu
AU - Yu, Zhenzhen
AU - Kenesei, Peter
AU - Almer, Jonathan
AU - Shayer, Zeev
AU - Kaoumi, Djamel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - In-situ synchrotron x-ray tomography and diffraction experiments were conducted on two heats of 304SS undergoing chlorine-induced stress-corrosion-cracking (CISCC) in a simulated marine environment. The role of deformation induced martensite on CISCC was investigated through diffraction analysis where no significant amount of martensite was found to form during CISCC, indicating that it may not play a significant role in affecting the process. Tomography combined with stress-intensity analysis revealed the influence of stress-intensity on branching types with single crack growth, micro-branching, and macro-branching. Post experimental electron microscopy characterization revealed the presence of FeCl2, CrCl2, and NiCl2·6H2O compounds at the crack, which infers a dissolution mechanism during the experiment. A dissolution mechanism highlighting the synergy between stress and corrosion was proposed to explain chlorine-induced stress-corrosion-cracking and crack branching.
AB - In-situ synchrotron x-ray tomography and diffraction experiments were conducted on two heats of 304SS undergoing chlorine-induced stress-corrosion-cracking (CISCC) in a simulated marine environment. The role of deformation induced martensite on CISCC was investigated through diffraction analysis where no significant amount of martensite was found to form during CISCC, indicating that it may not play a significant role in affecting the process. Tomography combined with stress-intensity analysis revealed the influence of stress-intensity on branching types with single crack growth, micro-branching, and macro-branching. Post experimental electron microscopy characterization revealed the presence of FeCl2, CrCl2, and NiCl2·6H2O compounds at the crack, which infers a dissolution mechanism during the experiment. A dissolution mechanism highlighting the synergy between stress and corrosion was proposed to explain chlorine-induced stress-corrosion-cracking and crack branching.
KW - In-situ
KW - Stress corrosion cracking
KW - Synchrotron X-ray tomography
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U2 - 10.1016/j.matchar.2022.112020
DO - 10.1016/j.matchar.2022.112020
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132337921
SN - 1044-5803
VL - 190
JO - Materials Characterization
JF - Materials Characterization
M1 - 112020
ER -