Laser welding of modified 12% Cr stainless steel: Strength, fatigue, toughness, microstructure and corrosion properties

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1193-1200

  Taban, Emel ^a   Deleu, Eddy ^b   Dhooge, Alfred ^c   Kaluc, Erdinc ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Belgian Welding Institute   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ferrous metals and alloys (A); Microstructure (F); Welding (D)

Indexed keywords

12%CR STAINLESS STEELS; BEND TESTS; BLISTER TESTS; CORROSION PROPERTIES; FATIGUE RESULTS; FERRITE CONTENTS; FERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS (A); FRACTOGRAPHS; GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS; LASER WELDING; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS; POST WELD HEAT TREATMENTS; SALT SPRAYS; WELD ZONES;

CHROMIUM; CORROSION; CORROSION FATIGUE; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FATIGUE TESTING; FERRITES; HEAT TREATMENT; INERT GAS WELDING; IRON; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER WELDING MACHINES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLURGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; STEEL; STEEL CORROSION; STEEL METALLURGY; TENSILE TESTING; WELDING; WELDS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 57249103680     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.06.030     Document Type: Article

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