Characterisation of grain boundary cluster compactness in austenitic stainless steel

Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 670-675

  Rahimi, S ^a   Engelberg, D L ^a   Marrow, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster characteristics; Electron backscatter diffraction; Grain boundary engineering; Sensitisation; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTING; ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARY ENGINEERING; INTERGRANULAR CORROSION; INTERGRANULAR STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; RANDOM GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SENSITISATION; STRESS CORROSION; THERMO-MECHANICAL PROCESSING;

AUSTENITE; AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; BACKSCATTERING; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; TEXTURES;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 77954201425     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: 17432847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/026708309X12506933873783     Document Type: Article

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