In this study, the microstructure and corrosion characteristics of laser beam welded austenitic stainless plates has been studied. CO2 Laser beam produced defect free weldments in AISI 321 with no trace of heat affected zone. The microstructural studies revealed distributed ferrites in the weld zone. Potentio-dynamic polarization studies were carried out on the weldments in 5% NaCl environment in order to understand corrosion current, potential and rate. © 2017 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Arivarasu M

Department of Design and Automation

School of Mechanical Engineering

Vellore Campus

Manikandan M

Arivazhagan N

Department of Manufacturing Engineering

Nair A.R

Niranjhan P

Abijith M.N

Padmanaban R

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Potentiodynamic corrosion studies on laser beam welded austenitic stainless steel AISI 321

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

High temperature corrosion resistance of welded components in power plant industry, hot sections of gas turbines, boilers, industrial waste incinerators, metallurgical furnaces and petrochemical installations is one of the serious necessity. The failure of hot sections of welded component is due to the deposition of molten salt which accelerates the hot corrosion reactions in the weld joint. In this research work, the oxy-chlorination of dissimilar weldments between AISI 304L austenitic stainless steel and AISI 4340 alloy steel at 600°C in eutectic mixture of K2SO4 + 60% NaCl under molten salt conditions was investigated. Corrosion kinetics for this dissimilar joints calculated from the thermogravimetric charts were represented. Corrosion on the dissimilar joint employing E309L filler in pulsed current gas tungsten arc welding process is found to be very aggressive, due to the fragmented delta ferrites at numerous locations resulting in the formation of the micro electrochemical cells, which act as sites for corrosion initiation and thus leading to higher corrosion rate. However, in the case of continuous current, the joint is able to protect itself better in this environment due to lower amounts of delta ferrites in weld zone, which is attributed to the higher temperature available in continuous mode leading to austenisation of delta ferrites in the multipass welding. © 2017 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Published by Taylor &amp; Francis on behalf of the Institute.

Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology

Hot-corrosion resistance of dissimilar AISI 4340 and AISI 304L weldments in the molten salt environment at 600°C

In this research work, the weldability of low alloyed AISI 4340 aeronautical steel and AISI 304L austenitic stainless steel joined by continuous current (CC) and pulsed current (PC) gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) techniques, using ER309L and ERNiCr-3 filler metals was investigated. The main focus of the study involves the investigation on the effect of continuous and pulsed current mode of GTA welding process on the metallurgical and mechanical properties of these dissimilar weldments. Microstructure studies revealed the formation of different zones across the weldments, vis-à-vis martensite at the HAZ of AISI 4340, vermicular δ - ferrite /ferrite stringers at the HAZ of AISI 304L, pearlite colonies at the parent metal of AISI 4340 and equi-axed cellular and/or columnar dendrites at the weld zone. Tensile results showed that current pulsing accrued better tensile properties. The structure - property relationships of these weldments were established based on the current modes employed by utilizing combined techniques of optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS).

Materials Research

Effect of Continuous and Pulsed Current on the Metallurgical and Mechanical Properties of Gas Tungsten Arc Welded AISI 4340 Aeronautical and AISI 304 L Austenitic Stainless Steel Dissimilar Joints

Welding Journal

Weldability of Duplex Stainless Steels - Thermal Cycle and Nitrogen Effects

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Laser welding of CP Ti to stainless steel with different temporal pulse shapes

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