Microscopic examination of an Alloy 600/182 weld

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1496-1506

  Lim, Yun Soo ^a   Kim, Hong Pyo ^a   Cho, Hai Dong ^a   Lee, Han Hee ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EBSD analysis; Grain boundary; Ni base alloys; Precipitation; Welding

Indexed keywords

ALLOY 600; BASE METALS; CELLULAR DENDRITES; COINCIDENCE SITE LATTICE BOUNDARY; COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES; CR CARBIDE; DENDRITIC INTERFACES; DEPLETION ZONES; EBSD ANALYSIS; HIGH ANGLE GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERGRANULAR; LOW ANGLE BOUNDARIES; MATRIX; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSCOPIC STUDY; MN CONCENTRATIONS; NB CARBIDE; NI-BASE ALLOYS; PRECIPITATION; TIO; WELD METAL; WELDMENTS;

ALLOYS; CARBIDES; CHROMIUM; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DENDRIMERS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NIOBIUM; WELDING; WELDS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 70350571177     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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