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Effect of Nitrogen Content on the Tensile and Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior of AISI Type 316LN Stainless Steels

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This paper deals with the effect of nitrogen on the tensile and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of type 316LN stainless steel. Yield stress (YS) and ultimate tensile stress (UTS) increased while the ductility [% total elongation (% TE)] decreased with increasing nitrogen content. Evaluation by conventional assessment parameters, such as ratios of UTS, % TE and SCC susceptibility index, derived by SCC testing using the slow strain rate testing (SSRT) technique indicated an improvement in SCC resistance on increasing the nitrogen content. However, crack growth rates, calculated from ratios of fracture stress from the SSRT tests in liquid paraffin and boiling 45 % magnesium chloride in SSRT tests, and the constant load tests at loads corresponding to 20 % YS in boiling 45 % magnesium chloride conclusively established that the SCC resistance of type 316LN stainless steel decreased with increasing nitrogen content.

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  1. Corrosion Science and Technology Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, 603 102, Tamil Nadu, India

    A. Poonguzhali, T. Anita & N. Sivaibharasi

  2. Mohamed Sathak A. J. College of Engineering, No. 34, Rajiv Gandhi Road, (OMR), Inside SIPCOT IT Park, Siruseri, Chennai, 603 103, India

    H. Shaikh

  3. School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Chennai Campus, Chennai, 600 048, India

    R. K. Dayal

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Poonguzhali, A., Anita, T., Sivaibharasi, N. et al. Effect of Nitrogen Content on the Tensile and Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior of AISI Type 316LN Stainless Steels. Trans Indian Inst Met 67, 177–184 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-013-0330-2

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