Survey on reheat cracking in austenitic stainless steels and Ni base alloys

Welding in the World

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 206-219

  Dhooge, A ^a  

^a Belgian Welding Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Austenitic stainless steels; Grain boundaries; Heat affected zone; High temperature cracking; Nickel alloys; Reheat cracking; Reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249127394     PISSN: 00432288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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