The welding of dissimilar joints is very common in systems used in oil exploration and production in deep sea waters. Commonly involves welding of low carbon steel pipes with low alloy steel forgings both with inner Inconel clad. The forged steel part undergoes a process of buttering with Inconel or carbon steel electrode before the weld of the joint. The buttering process is followed by a process of residual s...
CoCrMo alloys have been used for several decades in implantable devices due to their favourable mechanical properties, low wear rate in addition to good biocompatibility and high corrosion resistance. These alloys are conventionally produced via casting and/or forging route, however additive manufacturing techniques being recently employed in their fabrication. In this work, CoCrMo samples were produced by dire...
This work has objective to correlate the intergranular corrosion susceptibility test named EPR-DL (Electrochemical Potentiokinetic Reactivation of Double Loop) with the sigma phase formation and other phases. It has been used samples from a UNS S32760 steel pipe for conducting various aging heat treatments. Held isothermal heat treatment at 850°C for 1 min, 10 min, 30 min, 1 h, 1h30min and 10 h. Each heat treat...
In this study, we investigated the transformation kinetics of martensite fi reverted austenite in 18 wt.% grade 300 Ni maraging steel. The kinetics was evaluated based on the in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction data collected during isothermal heat treatment at 570C. The onset of transformation martensite fi reverted austenite was detected after 5 min of aging. The austenite fraction increased as a function o...
In this study, we investigated the transformation kinetics of martensite → reverted austenite in 18 wt.% grade 300 Ni maraging steel. The kinetics was evaluated based on the in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction data collected during isothermal heat treatment at 570°C. The onset of transformation martensite → reverted austenite was detected after ~ 5 min of aging. The austenite fraction increased as a function ...
This study aimed to investigate the susceptibility of AISI 410S ferritic stainless steel to intergranular corrosion when friction stir welded (FSW) using the double-loop electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation (DL-EPR) test. The highest values obtained for the ratio between the reactivation current (Ir) and the activation current (Ia) were found at the top of the advancing side for the two conditions teste...
The aim of this work was to evaluate the different phases formed during solidification and after thermal aging of the as-welded 625 nickel-based alloy, as well as the influence of microstructural changes on the mechanical properties. The experiments addressed aging temperatures of 650 and 950 C for 10, 100, and 200 hours. The samples were analyzed by electron microscopy, microanalysis, and X-ray diffraction in ...
A commercial API 5L X70 steel plate was subjected to different thermomechanical processes to propose a novel thermomechanical rolling path to achieve improved mechanical properties. Scanning electron microscopy, electron backscatter diffraction, and x-ray texture analysis were employed for microstructural characterization. The results showed that strain-free recrystallized {001} ferrite grains that developed at...
The Friction Stir Welding process parameters were varied to provide a combination of an acceptable surface finish, absence of cracks, and full tool penetration. Two levels of rotation speed and axial forces from 10 to 30 kN were applied, whilst keeping the welding speed constant at 1 mm/s. One of the defects analyzed was the production of flashes. This can occur due to an increase in axial force and because of ...
It is believed that texture, as the preferred crystallographic orientation of microstructural features, causes plastic anisotropy, leading to a decrease in formability. Thus, promoting recrystallization and randomizing crystallographic texture have been the main methods of increasing formability. The aim of the current study was to improve the tensile properties and formability by means of controlling the micro...