Insights into the superior stress corrosion cracking resistance of FeCrAl alloy in high temperature hydrogenated water: The critical role of grain boundary oxidation. (November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xie, Jiayu; Zhang, Shihao; Dong, Jiuyang; Wang, Shengkai; Wang, Hui; Kuang, Wenjun
• Is Part Of: Corrosion science. Volume 208(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-11
• Subjects: Stainless steel -- SEM -- STEM -- Oxidation -- High temperature corrosion -- Intergranular corrosion; Corrosion and anti-corrosives -- Periodicals; 620.11223
• DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2022.110668
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0010-938X

Abstract

Abstract: The stress corrosion cracking (SCC) initiation behavior of FeCrAl alloy was studied through constant extension rate tensile (CERT) test in high temperature hydrogenated water. Compared with a nuclear-grade austenitic 304 stainless steel (SS), the FeCrAl alloy is much more resistant to SCC initiation. The difference in SCC resistance results from the different oxidation behaviors. 304 SS shows typical preferential intergranular oxidation (PIO) which can degrade the strength of grain boundary. In contrast, FeCrAl is immune to PIO and forms homogeneous nano-grained oxide layer. The original grain boundary vanishes after oxidation, thus is not a weak site for SCC initiation. Graphical Abstract: ga1