Grain boundary phosphorous segregation and its influence on the ductile brittle transition temperature in reactor pressure vessel steels

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1447, 2004, Pages 565-578

  Kimura, A ^a   Shibata, M ^a   Kasada, R ^a   Nakata, H ^b   Fujii, K ^b   Fukuya, K ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY SYSTEM   (Japan)

Author keywords

DBTT shift; Grain boundary fracture ratio; Grain boundary phosphorous segregation; Non hardening embrittlement; Synergistic effects

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; BRITTLENESS; DUCTILITY; HARDENING; PHOSPHORUS; PRESSURE VESSELS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TENSILE TESTING;

DBTT SHIFT; GRAIN BOUNDARY FRACTURE RATIO; GRAIN BOUNDARY PHOSPHOROUS SEGREGATION; NON-HARDENING EMBRITTLEMENT; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 33144468192     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp11257s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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