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A new 12% chromium steel strengthened by Z-phase precipitates

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Abstract

In order to increase the corrosion resistance and simultaneously maintain the creep resistance of 9-12% Cr steels at 650 °C, a new alloy design concept was proposed, using thermodynamically stable Z-phase (CrTaN) precipitates to strengthen the steel. A new trial Z-phase strengthened 12% Cr steel was produced and creep tested. The steel exhibited good long-term creep resistance. Dense nano-sized Z-phase precipitates were formed at an early stage, and coarsened slowly. They remained small after more than 10,000 h.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-96
Number of pages4
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume113
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Financial support by the Swedish Energy Agency (contract number 31139-1), and Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB through the Swedish research program KME (contract numbers: 510 and 710), and the Research Foundation of VGB (contract number: 348) in Germany is gratefully acknowledged. The authors thank Dr. Hilmar Danielsen for fruitful discussions.

Keywords

  • Creep
  • Martensitic steels
  • Three-dimensional atom probe
  • Transmission electron microscopy

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