EBSD investigation of intergranular corrosion attack on low interstitial stainless steel

✍ Scribed by T. Kuníková; H. Wendrock; K. Wetzig; D. Hrivňaková

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 377 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0947-5117
• DOI: 10.1002/maco.200303750

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Grain boundary effect on corrosion behaviour of low interstitial AISI 316LN austenitic stainless steel after homogenization and heat treatment at 700 and 800°C was investigated by means of Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) technique. Rapid oxalic acid etch test (ASTM A262‐ practice A) was used to determine steel susceptibility to intergranular corrosion. An attempt to quantify oxalic acid etch test results was also made.

Beneficial effect of low carbon and nitrogen content on grain boundary precipitation and corrosion was observed. No changes neither in grain orientations nor in grain boundary types between sensitised and non‐sensitised steel states using orientation measurements were recorded. Twin boundaries were found in all samples with highest amount and only small occurrence changes. CSL categorizations showed only little increase of special boundary fractions with increasing time and temperature of heat treatment. Irrespective to annealing conditions a continued network of random boundaries was retained. Additionally, based on misorientation measurement of 50 grooved grain boundaries, a tendency for preferred attack of high angle boundaries (30–55°) was noted.