Effect of laser surface melting on intergranular corrosion behaviour of aged austenitic and duplex stainless steels

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1581-1591

  Kwok, C T ^a   Lo, K H ^a   Chan, W K ^a   Cheng, F T ^b   Man, H C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A. Stainless steels; C. Intergranular corrosion

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; CARBIDES; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; INTERGRANULAR CORROSION; MELTING; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; STEEL CORROSION; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

AGED DUPLEX STAINLESS STEELS; CORROSION MORPHOLOGY; CW ND:YAG LASER; DEGREE OF SENSITIZATIONS (DOS); DOUBLE LOOP ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIOKINETIC REACTIVATION; DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL; LASER SURFACE MELTING; SOLUTE SEGREGATION;

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 79951811814     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.01.048     Document Type: Article

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