Evaluation of aged duplex stainless steel UNS S32750 susceptibility to intergranular corrosion by optimized double loop electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation method

Corrosion Science

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 249-255

  Hong, Jufeng ^a   Han, Dong ^a   Tan, Hua ^a,b   Li, Jin ^a,c   Jiang, Yiming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Nuclear Power Plant Service Company   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AGED DUPLEX STAINLESS STEELS; AGING TIME; DEGREE OF SENSITIZATION; DOUBLE LOOP ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIOKINETIC REACTIVATION; INTERGRANULAR CORROSION; MICROSTRUCTURE OBSERVATION; SIGMA-PHASE PRECIPITATION; SUPER DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL;

CHROMIUM; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TEXTURES;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84872158455     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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