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The effects of postweld heat treatment and isothermal aging on T92 steel heat-affected zone mechanical properties of T92/TP316H dissimilar weldments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Ladislav Falat ,
Ján Kepič ,
Lucia Čiripová ,
Peter Ševc  and
Ivo Dlouhý
Ladislav Falat*
Affiliation:
Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
Ján Kepič
Affiliation:
Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
Lucia Čiripová
Affiliation:
Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
Peter Ševc
Affiliation:
Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
Ivo Dlouhý
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ 616 62 Brno, Czech Republic
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Cross-weld hardness profile, notch-tensile strength, and impact toughness of T92 steel heat-affected zone (T92 HAZ) of dissimilar T92/TP316H welds were studied in dependence of their postweld heat treatment (PWHT) and subsequent long-term aging. Two weldments series were individually subjected to either “single-step” tempering PWHT or a modified “two-step” renormalizing and tempering PWHT. Subsequently, the welds were isothermally aged at 625 °C for durations from 500 up to 11,000 h. The “single-step” PWHT preserved sharp hardness gradient of T92 HAZ, whereas the “two-step” PWHT led to the hardness values equalization. The T92 HAZ of the weldment after the “two-step” PWHT exhibited initially lower strength and higher toughness, compared to the weldment after the “single-step” PWHT. However, after long-term aging a more suitable combination of T92 HAZ mechanical properties i.e., the higher toughness and acceptable strength exhibited the weldments processed by “single-step” PWHT.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 31 , Issue 10 , 28 May 2016 , pp. 1532 - 1543
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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