Abstract
In a quest to vet UNS S32205 as a potential structural material to serve moderate-to-high temperature operations of NPP auxiliary components, the DL-EPR test was exploited. A bifronted scheme comprised of 650 and 850 °C discrete treatments intended to explore progressive eutectoid decomposition and degree-of-sensitization (DoS) scenarios was adopted. The nuance witnessed with yet another dual approach—the Cihal- and image processing (IP)-normalized signal landscape—was rationalized through its attribution to culprit microstructures. This was sought, inter alia, in the vicinity of grain boundaries and σ-phase inclusions by virtue of postmortem FESEM, STEM-EDX, HRTEM SAED and XRD ascertainment. Discernable reactivation-kinetics resurgence was believed to mark the onset of deleterious σ-phase dissolution. This only came into fruition with longer ageing times (8–17 h) at 650 °C and succumbed to prematurely (1 h), and at DC biases more cathodic than −0.25 VAg/AgCl with the 850 °C counterpart. Opportune corroboration was offered in ir/ia breakaway for the respective conditions, which was unveiled to be particularly pre-emptive (5 h) with IP- vs. Cihal-normalized peers (8 h) related to the 650 °C condition. Meanwhile, the 850 °C condition endured a similar surge after as little as 1 h of ageing across the board, which hints at concomitant sigma-phase culpability.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 692 |
Journal | Crystals |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2024 |
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Keywords
- Cihal method
- degree of sensitization
- double-loop electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation
- image processing
- normalization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemical Engineering
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Inorganic Chemistry