Sensitization control in AISI 316L(N) austenitic stainless steel: Defining the role of the nature of grain boundary

Corrosion Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2144-2150

  Parvathavarthini, N ^a   Mulki, S ^b   Dayal, R K ^a   Samajdar, I ^b   Mani, K V ^c   Raj, Baldev ^a  

^a Metallurgy and Materials Group   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

A. Stainless steel; B. Polarization; C. Intergranular corrosion

Indexed keywords

A. STAINLESS STEEL; AISI 316; B. POLARIZATION; C. INTERGRANULAR CORROSION; COMBINED PARAMETER; COPPER CONTENT; DEGREE OF SENSITIZATION; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY ENERGY; INTERGRANULAR CORROSION; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; THERMAL TREATMENT;

AUSTENITE; AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; POLARIZATION; STEEL; TEXTURES;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 68049108237     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2009.05.045     Document Type: Article

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